In Britain, voters are losing confidence in the police, after a series of scandals and a rise in the number of crimes, including shoplifting and cybercrime. This reveals a survey conducted by the newspaper "Times" within the framework of an innovative one-year study on the future of the criminal justice system, BNR reported.
The "YouGov" reveals a shocking lack of trust, with more than half of those polled saying they do not trust the police to solve crimes and over a third saying they have no faith in the authorities to maintain law and order. The paper's Crime and Justice Commission, which will report the full findings next April, will gather evidence from across the criminal justice system and draw up a radical plan for wide-ranging reform.
All this comes against a backdrop of deteriorating disclosure rates, lengthening delays, record backlogs and overcrowded prisons.
The "YouGov" calls into question the principle of so-called "consensual policing" that underpins law and order in this country. Only 26 per cent of people believe the police would arrest and prosecute someone if they were robbed, and only 7 per cent were confident the pickpocket would be caught.
Over a third believe that the perpetrator is unlikely to be arrested and prosecuted if they report sexual abuse. The public appetite for reform is underlined by the fact that only 37 percent of voters believe the police are doing a "good job," and more than half think they are doing a worse job than they were 30 years ago.