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Mr. Clappison
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the main types of offences which fall into the category of violent offences. [9073]
Mr. Michael
Violent crime comprises the offences groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. A breakdown of the offence classifications within each offence group is given in the table.
- Violence against the person
- Homicide—murder, manslaughter and infanticide
- Attempted murder
- Threat or conspiracy to murder
- Child destruction
- Causing death by dangerous driving or careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs
- Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking
- Wounding or other act endangering life
- Endangering railway passenger
- Endangering life at sea
- Other wounding
- Abandoning a child under the age of two years
- Child abduction
- Procuring illegal abortion
- Concealment of birth.
- Sexual offences
- Buggery
- Indecent assault on a male
- Indecency between males
- Rape of a female
- Rape of a male
- Indecent assault on a female
- Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13
- Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16
- Incest
- Procuration
- Abduction
- Bigamy
- Gross indecency with a child.
- Robbery
- Robbery.