Measurement (Official Crime Figures)

Question 1

Research

Answer 1

Research shows these official statistics are not accurate as there is a large amount of crime that goes unreported.

Question 2

Farrignton and Dowds

Answer 2

Not all crime is reported.
Looked at different police areas; found different recording rates between police forces; Nottingham police report all minor theft. Staffordshire do not record minor theft - lower crime rate compared to Nottingham - published unofficial figures.

Question 3

Putwain and Sammons

Answer 3

Official statistic “widely underestimated and do not reflect the true extent of crime.”

Question 4

Hollin

Answer 4

Suggests official statistics only account for 25% of actual crime.
“Dark figure of crime” - covers unreported and unrecorded crime.
Some may be unreported due to mistrust of police or its family members or its “trivial”.
Unrecorded - people sometimes withdraw charge, lack of evidence, police recording rules.