Big news topic today was David Miranda's arrest at Heathrow Airport, under the Terrorism Act of 2006 (original in 2000). Miranda is the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who uncovered the secret NSA files, which has prompted a re-examination of cyber and national security.
However, Miranda isn't the only one who's been a victim of the Terrorist Act. Using a sample of Government data from gov.co.uk, I made a very simple bar graph illustrating the number of total arrests made, against the proportion of 'charges' made under the act. At every level, significantly more arrests have been made compared to charges or convictions.
However, Miranda isn't the only one who's been a victim of the Terrorist Act. Using a sample of Government data from gov.co.uk, I made a very simple bar graph illustrating the number of total arrests made, against the proportion of 'charges' made under the act. At every level, significantly more arrests have been made compared to charges or convictions.
Other areas of interest could include racial disparities (brown skinned men are most likely to be arrested under the act), regional difference or what aspect of the act was used to make the charges (to look at peaks and troughs).
In any case, the graph vividly indicates the limitatons of the act, not least by means of stop and search measures.
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