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Measuring crime is more than counting

Measuring crime is more than counting

Flowchart showing actual crime branching to police recorded crime, the Crime Survey for England and Wales, self-report studies, and the dark figure of crime

Measuring crime is not just a simple count of offences. Sociologists distinguish between actual crime and crime data, because different sources capture different parts of what happens.

Measuring crime Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Sociology
  3. /Measuring crime