Crime stats

Question 1

purpose of crime stats

Answer 1

• discover trends of offending
• show where resources should be centred

Question 2

“dark figures” of crime

Answer 2

crimes reported but not recorded (19% of crimes)

Question 3

changes in reporting/recording of crime

Answer 3

media:
- 85% of crimes brought to police through publicity

changing attitudes:
- stronger societal desires to reduce crime
- also means people surface less serious incidents (Maguire: breakdown of community –> people now reporting things they may have previously sorted out themselves
- more accepting modern social norms (MeToo)