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into question, but all measures of crime have a dark figure to some degree. The gap in official statistics is largest for less serious crimes.
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are also used in comparison with official statistics and organized datasets to assess the dark of crime.
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Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics: Why the UCR Diverges from the NCS
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deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a
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This gap between reported and unreported crimes calls the
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Dark Figure of Crime (film)
worldwide view
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Criminology
penology

Anomie
Biosocial criminology
Broken windows
Collective efficacy
Crime analysis
Criminalization
Differential association
Deviance
Expressive function of law
Labeling theory
Psychopathy
Rational choice
Risk & actuarial criminology
Social control
Social learning
Strain
Subculture
Symbolic interactionism
Victimology
Émile Durkheim
Hans Eysenck

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