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What is Rural Part 2 ? - Coggle Diagram
What is Rural Part 2 ?
Measuring Crime
Crime Victim Surveys
These are often used together to get a more complete picture of crime rates
Recorded crim stats or admin data, police stats, criminal courts, and correctional statistics
Steps involved with reporting a crime
Victim/witness judges incident to be a crime
Crime reported to police
Incident
Crime recorded by police
Crime counted.
Limitations of official crime statistics
Jurisdictions can have different rules for recording crime
Law enforcement activity across police commands (policy)
State laws as to what constitutes a crime
Most crime not reported/discovered
Victimisation Surveys
Personal Safety Survey
NSW State Survey
ABS National Crime and Safety Survey
International Crime Survey (Aus Comp)