Crime Trends


	Theory	Strengths
	Measure crime using recorded crime statistics and the Crime survey for England and Wales Dark figure of crime Does the way we record crime effect the findings from the statistics? Impact of legislation Victimless crimes Many individuals do not report crimes committed against them The police may not record the crime Slowly decreasing crime rate since 2000 New recording rules could explain the rise in crime rate Methodological issues with using official statistics and victim surveys
	Keywords and References	Weaknesses
	Dark figure NEWBURN, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd Ed. Oxon: Routledge.	Dark figure of crime

Measure crime using recorded crime statistics and the Crime survey for England and Wales
Dark figure of crime
Does the way we record crime effect the findings from the statistics?
Impact of legislation
Victimless crimes
Many individuals do not report crimes committed against them
The police may not record the crime
Slowly decreasing crime rate since 2000
New recording rules could explain the rise in crime rate
Methodological issues with using official statistics and victim surveys

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