CRIM 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Restorative Justice, Nimby, Domestic Violence
24 Jan 2017
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Numbers of criminal incidents known to police expressed in terms of number of ppl in population. Generally spoken of in terms of number of incidents for each 100,000 ppl. Method including counting only most serious crimes among multiple offences committed by same person. Reporting rates rather than volume of crime. Dealing w/ variations in police reporting practices. Dark figure of crime - difference b/w how much crime occurs & how much crime reported to/discovered by police. Rate of reporting to police declined in recent years. As much as half of estimated incidents involving victims never brought to attention of police. Likelihood of victims calling police not related to seriousness of offence. Reporting practices vary across diff regions country. Age & gender differences in reporting by crime victims. Utilitarian factor seems to be at work in victims" decisions to call police. Crime victims know that little police can do for many types of crimes.
