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Official statistics can be used as a general research tool covering topics ranging from the economy to unemployment and from health to education.
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Official statistics can be used as a general research tool covering topics ranging from the economy to unemployment and from health to education. As far as criminal statistics are concerned, the major method of measurement is through the collation of these official figures, collected by the police and published annually by the Home Office. These figures should therefore be the major base upon which to form analyses and comparisons over time and over societies. Unfortunately though, the statistics collected by police are a poor indication of the full extent of criminality in the UK. This essay will seek to examine the extent to which official statistics can be said to give a distorted picture of criminality in Britain. In order to do this, the problems faced and created by relying on official statistics will be stated and the alternatives to official statistics, their advantages and disadvantages will be considered. The first...
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