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| • | Questions are
asked about individual & household |
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| experiences of
crime - not crime against |
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| businesses |
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| • | Respondents
may have different understandings |
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| about what
constitutes a crime |
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| • | Some crimes
are under recorded by victim surveys |
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| - as they are
by the police - such as domestic |
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| violence,
sexual assault, fraud, corruption |
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| • | Victim surveys
do not generally collect data on |
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| murder |
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| • | Victim surveys
do not collect data on ‘victimless |
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| crimes’ like
drug related crimes |
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