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conviction rate

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conviction
noun
uk /kənˈvɪk.ʃən/ us /kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk /reɪt/ us /reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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Therefore, a convictionrate as high as 90 per cent certainly cries out for explanation.
Here, only 4 men were convicted from a total of 23 prosecutions, giving a convictionrate of just 17 per cent.
This may result in a high convictionrate: defendants are far more likely to persist with futile disputes, based on the wrong (imperfectly informed) presumption that they will win.
As a consequence it has a higher convictionrate of traffickers and is stamping down on the problem.
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There is, of course, no deterrence in a very low convictionrate, so the changes to the law are especially important.
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It remains the undoubted fact that if the convictionrate or the clear-up rate rises, crime falls, and vice versa.
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Even to state these figures is to show how derisory is the convictionrate and how utterly unenforceable is the law.
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This contributes to a strikingly low convictionrate: only one in 13 complaints result in a conviction.
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The convictionrate depends on two crucial things.
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I believe that the existence of the death penalty has the effect of reducing the convictionrate.
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It may be said that the convictionrate is somewhat lower when people take the opportunity to elect trial by jury.
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The cameras are also helping to bring offenders to justice, so we can expect the convictionrate to rise.
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The convictionrate for the bulk of offending is very low.
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The convictionrate is the number of convictions at all courts as a percentage of prosecutions.
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What was the cause of this tragic fall in the convictionrate?
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The whole argument was openly and avowedly a means of increasing the convictionrate.
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Perhaps that was precisely because it did not seem to be achieving its stated purpose of increasing the convictionrate.
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I say that because of the awfully low convictionrate.
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However, unless we devise a much better set of protection mechanisms for witnesses, we are likely to continue having a very poor convictionrate.
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The convictionrate also depends on the police catching criminals.
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