"Guido" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

I'd still like to know more about how the Brits define simple assault
versus
that in the US (and they are BIG contributors to the numbers), but,
overall,
the DoJ study looks very convincing.


In the UK violent offences consist of: violence against the
person, sexual offences, and robbery. Page 26 of link.
Common assault is defined as one of the crimes of violence
against a person. Page 161 of link.
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/.../5696/5696.pdf

Thanks, Guido. I don't see a description there, though. The question is how
the laws against simple assault are imposed and enforced, actually.

Ed Huntress