Social constitutions of official statistics
- Created by: A-bee
- Created on: 09-10-17 09:52
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- Dark figure of Criminal acts
- Not observed
- Observed
- Not reported
- Reported
- not taken seriously
- status of the complainant, seriousness of the crime, police priorites
- Taken seriously by the police
- not enough evidence
- detected/ apprehended
- cautioned/ released
- station arrest/ charge
- factors such as social class, ethnicity, gender, and police relationships with superior officers/ colleagues effect police decision.
- warning/ release
- court
- not guilty
- guilty
- factors such as legal representative, criminal record, judges are predominantly old, white, upper-class, males - more conservative, and guilty pleas effect court decision
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