unrecorded crime

Why Is Domestic Violence Unreported?

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Why Is Domestic Violence Unreported? The reasons so many cases go unreported are both personal (embarrassment, fear of retaliation, economic dependency) and societal (imbalanced power relations for men and women in society, privacy of the family, victim blaming attitudes). Why is abuse unreported? Often, abuse goes unreported simply because those who are aware of the

Why Do Police Not Record All Crimes?

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Why Do Police Not Record All Crimes? Because the rules place an obligation on the police to accept what the victim says unless there is “credible evidence to the contrary”, the following reasons are not enough to justify not recording a crime: the victim declines to give personal details; the victim doesn’t want to take