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Police recorded crime is composed from a list of categories outlined in the Home office Counting Rules, known as ‘notifiable offences’ the main categories consist of; violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery, criminal damage, drug offences and an ‘other offences’ category that includes offences from assisted suicide to terrorism...
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This is known as the Official Crime Rate. The OCR is compiled annually by the police for the Home Office, they show that criminals are typically; male, working class, youthful and disproportionably black. Can we trust that this is genuinely a reflection of who criminals are? Or does this merely show that young, black working class males are more policed than any other type of person walking the streets? Figures show that black people are eight times more likely to be stopped and searched by police than whites, during 2000/2002 there were 714,000 stop and searches recorded in England and Wales of which 12% were of black people, 6% were Asians and one per cent were of ethnic minorities...
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Official Statistics on crime are often likened to the ?§tip of an Iceberg??. Critically assess this assertion in light of the ?§dark figure?? of crime and any new forms of data that can provide a clearer picture of the true extent of crime.   Why Might The Figures For Recorded Crime Underestimate The Actual Amount Of Crime That Takes Place?   A discussion of the usefulness of official crime statistics and other types of crime information.   Regulatory Regimes For White Collar Crime &Amp; Corporate Crime.   Dark Figure Of Crime   White Collar Crime Vs. Street Crime   Compare And Contrast The Concepts Of Natural Crime And Legal Crime   The Use Of Crime As A Device In Crime And Punishment And A Doll’S House   Natural Crime vs. Legal Crime   Juvenile Crime: Crime Rates   Crime And Punishment: Is There Or Is There Not Such A Thing As Crime?   Natural Crime and Legal Crime   Legal Crime vs Natural Crime   Natural Crime vs. Legal Crime   Computer Crime: The Crime Of The Future  
 
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