... CRIME WAVE The Chief Constable of Leeds. Mr. A. J. Paterson, said yesterday he wanted to recruit 2.000 special constab!es to combat a crime wave in the city. ...

... Crime bill Insurance companies paid out £9,100,000 in claims for crime losses in the first six months of this year, the British Insurance Association has said. This compared with £9,000,000 in the same period of 1967, when the total for the year was £15 ...

... Domestic crime THERE ils a strong element of commonsense in the Home Office recommendation that domestic crime should be regarded in precisely the same light as other crime. According to guidelines issued yesterday the Home Office takes the view that ...

... Crime probe Young girls of 14 to 17 are mocking the law by committing violent crimes because courts can no longer punish them, says a group of Conservative lawyers which is looking into the law on young offenders. ...

... Crime decrease “It is understandable that the D.C.C. should feel gratified by the result, a notable decrease in Juvenile crime' in his drea—an area that, be it noted, has never been able to boast much of a record in this respect, And Liverpudlians would ...

... SCIENCE AND CRIME THE Governments refusal to put up the money for a criminology research unit at Queen's University may be related more to the financial situation than to the merits of probing delinquency more effectively. it is true, as the Ministry ...

... Crime column A watch that once belonged to Captain (“Kiss Me”) Hardy has been stolen from Bedford Museum. Stupid thief, the thing doesn’t even keep time. Thieves at Walthamstow stole three 30-ft. lengths of double track tram line complete with metal ...

... Crimes Listed They found about N Catholics' gathered there, with a Red Vietminh propagandist in charge. Vietminh soldiers guarded every' 'lane and alley. - The Vietminh agents opened the i sessions by listing crimes' with which the Catholics were ...

... IS THIS A CRIME? MR. JONES, Q.C., M.P., at a Derry meeting ventilated a curious grievance when, dealing with influences hostile to principles for which Ulster stood: The fact remains, he said, that responsible leaders of the Roman Catholic Church ...

... CRIME FIGURES A n Increase Dealing with crime figures the Minister said that they had'risen steadily from 1940 to 1951 when they reached the figure of 8.048 the highest ever recorded since the formation of the R.U.C. There was. however, a slight reduction ...

... Crime figures UP TO the end of May this year 402 people were convicted of serious crime in the Northern Ireland courts. The list includes 31 charged with murder. Other crimes dealt with were attempted murder and firearms, explosives and robbery charges ...

... Crime on wheels NORTHERN Ireland is one of the worst areas in Europe for car thefts. Only motorists in England, Wales and Scotland are more likely to have their vehicles swiped, according to Eagle Star, one of Britain’s leading insurers. The figures for ...