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a large proportion of
Crime (I prefer to
unstructured.
Call it "unpunished crime" owing to the facilities for escape
to the mainland there is a large
number of
is
An enormous
Case, in which we find out who the criminal
is, but it is too late to get him,
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I have no
means
at hand
of ascertaining the proportion of unpunished crime
Compares unfavourably with
other colonies.
I am able to show that
the reports for the year under
review show no
improvement. I have
gone over previous
criminal
reports for the 10 years 1892-1901, & have taken the average ratio of Convictions to cases reported during that period, & the same ratio for the years 1899-1901 inclusive,
and
that in several classes of crimes, and the comparison
with
the rates for 1902 works
out as follows.
10 years average 3 years' average. 1902 rates.
Robbery 57% Burglary 20 23% Larceny. 63 59% 267 2786 137 136 462 45 46 35% 31% 299