In many cases there is crime that will go unreported because law enforcement reports less criminal activity to these sources to make there area seem more peaceful. In 1998 Philadelphia police failed to report 13000 to 37000 major crimes, Including robberies, aggravated assaults and thefts. The review of the city crime statistics by the city comptroller’s office showed that other crimes were wrongly classified as less serious crimes (pg. 9). As seen in this excerpt from the book there has been cases where information has gone unreported and this is not only from law enforcement, there are times that crimes have happened in families and are never reported due to the relationship between the victim and the
In many cases there is crime that will go unreported because law enforcement reports less criminal activity to these sources to make there area seem more peaceful. In 1998 Philadelphia police failed to report 13000 to 37000 major crimes, Including robberies, aggravated assaults and thefts. The review of the city crime statistics by the city comptroller’s office showed that other crimes were wrongly classified as less serious crimes (pg. 9). As seen in this excerpt from the book there has been cases where information has gone unreported and this is not only from law enforcement, there are times that crimes have happened in families and are never reported due to the relationship between the victim and the