consequences of unreported crime

Question 1

examples of unreported crime consequences?

Answer 1

. ripple effect
. cultural consequences
. decriminalisation
. police prioritisation
. unrecorded crime
. cultural change
. procedural change

Question 2

police and unrecorded crime?

Answer 2

unrecorded by police
- reported as a crime but not classed as an offence
- unreported crimes CANNOT be recorded

POLICE HAVE DISCRETION IN THIS

Question 3

several reasons why police may choose to not record a crime?

Answer 3

. may not believe the story
. not enough evidence for conviction
. victim may refuse to press charges
. may not wish to investigate
- crime is trivial, not a priority, or to save resources

Question 4

what does unreported crimes add to?

Answer 4

dark figure of crime

Question 5

what is the ripple effect?

Answer 5

the crime doesn’t just impact the immediate victim but can spread across whole communities to affect secondary victims.

Question 6

what are secondary victims in regards to the ripple effect?

Answer 6

friends
family
wider community in which the victim lives

Question 7

the ripple effect and domestic violence?

Answer 7

perpetrator of domestic abuse, often has been abused as a child or have witnessed the abuse of a parent.

Question 8

what happens if domestic violence goes unreported?

Answer 8

can be viewed to be acceptable by the perpetrators therefore as children they can be socialised to accept this behaviour
they then may repeat this behaviour as adults etc.

Question 9

what is hate crime?

Answer 9

usually against an indivudal, can be a community wide repression
eg- if someone is racially abused. ripple effect- can spread ‘ wave of harm’ .
movements against this #metoo and black lives matter