NCJ Number
43861
Journal
Schriftenreihe der Polizei-Fuehrungsakademie Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (1977) Pages: 59-69
Date Published
1977
Length
11 pages
Annotation
REPORTED CRIME SEEMS TO REPRESENT LESS THE REALITY OF ACTUALLY COMMITTED OFFENSES THAN A VALUATION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN SOCIETY.
Abstract
ACCORDING TO ALL AVAILABLE STUDIES, ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ALL OFFENSES COMMITTED IS REPORTED TO THE POLICE (ABOUT 90 PERCENT ARE REPORTED BY THE INJURED PARTIES THEMSELVES). THE AUTHOR CONCENTRATES ON THE PERSONALITY OF THE INFORMER AND ON HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS CRIMINALITY, THE POLICE, AND THE COMPLAINT. IMPORTANT ELEMENTS INFLUENCING THE READINESS OF PEOPLE TO REPORT OFFENSES ARE, AMONG OTHERS, THE VOLUME AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE CRIMINALITY HAVING COME TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED). -- IN GERMAN.