Measuring Crime

Official statistics: government records of total number of crimes recorded to police and official figures. These are published on an annual basis and gives basic knowledge of crimes that happened within the country. As a result, it allows the development of crime prevention strategies directed to more crime induced areas.

Evaluation:

• Unreliable as they underestimate the true extent of crime.
• Many crimes often go unreported, that only 25% of offences actually get included in official…