I got this comment in a message from a friend who had to abandon a comparative thesis because of the secrecy surrounding this: This has everything and more to do with my thesis. It actually was one of the main reasons I had to abandon my initial idea to do a comparative study between Portugal and Scotland. It is so frustrating that these numbers are not public! I did a lot of research as to why this is and from what I was told is because even though reported and convicted numbers are public, the prosecuted are "crown secret" because Prosecutors are Crown Officers. For example in Portugal, because we are not a monarchy, I can have access to these numbers and was literally just now writing the section of my thesis about it. Just for your curiosity, the numbers in Portugal are of 70%, just like your contact's estimative
I got this comment in a message from a friend who had to abandon a comparative thesis because of the secrecy surrounding this: This has everything and more to do with my thesis. It actually was one of the main reasons I had to abandon my initial idea to do a comparative study between Portugal and Scotland. It is so frustrating that these numbers are not public! I did a lot of research as to why this is and from what I was told is because even though reported and convicted numbers are public, the prosecuted are "crown secret" because Prosecutors are Crown Officers. For example in Portugal, because we are not a monarchy, I can have access to these numbers and was literally just now writing the section of my thesis about it. Just for your curiosity, the numbers in Portugal are of 70%, just like your contact's estimative
Yes I was surprised to read that 80% figure - it was in the Herald the other day.
Great piece, very informative. Interesting to note that such a high proportion of High Court cases are currently dealing with this type of offense.