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Dark Figure of Crime:

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all unrecorded crime including crimes that aren’t even known about. Some crimes are more likely to be in the dark Figure than others.

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Mumsnet (2012)

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found that 83% of those who had been raped/sexually assaulted didn’t report it to the police due to being too ashamed.

3
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Manipulation techniques of Police Recorded Crime Statistics:

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Coughing

Cuffing

Skewing

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Coughing:

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an offender might be encouraged to admit to numerous offences in return for being charged for less serious offences and thus a shorter sentence. This improves the ‘clear-up rate’ for the police force.

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Cuffing: (No-Criming)

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refers to crimes that have been reported and initially recorded being removed from statistics later on. This may be due to police forces trying to improve figures.

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Skewing:

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involves forces putting resources into those areas measured by performance indicators to the detriment of other areas, thus ‘skewing’ the figures.