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Official crime statistics can be knocked down and so far sideways those responsible criminologists ignore them. Discuss.
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Official crime statistics can be knocked down and so far sideways those responsible criminologists ignore them. Discuss. Name of module: Criminal Justice Policy Name of lecturer: Coretta Phillips Date of submission: 7th November 2002 Name of student: Sharon Ingrid Kwok (200210386) Introduction Social scientist has been aware of the pitfalls and limitation in official crime statistics. Arguments have surrounded the official crime statistics to be sideways, and they can be distorted by social and institutional factors. (Reiner, Maguire and Coleman et al) In this assignment we will analyse the problems surrounding the interpretation of official crime statistics and illustrate how they are constructed and consequently where their systematic biases lies. Dark figures-non-reported and non-recorded criminal behaviour The core problem interpretating the official statistics on crimes that have been recorded by the police arise from the fact that they are incomplete and biased. For an event to be recorded and known to police category it has to overcome...
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