Real or False Image of Police Recorded Crime What Do the Crime Data Show?

The process of police crime recording is a research issue in many studies within the expert and research community. Since police crime statistics are a product of police practice to record crime, the question how to measure, count and record all reported crimes in an objective and accurate manner in...

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Vydané v:Kriminologija I Socijalna Integracija Ročník 27; číslo 2; s. 221 - 234
Hlavný autor: Stefanovska, Vesna
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Zagreb University of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences 31.12.2019
Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet
Predmet:
Community research
Constructivism
Crime
Crime prevention
Criminal statistics
Data
data manipulation
Decision making
Manipulation
Offenses
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational structure
Performance indicators
Police
police discretion
police statistics
Priorities
reported crime
Rules
Situation
Situational factors
Social construction
Social constructionism
Social factors
Subjectivity
White collar crime
ISSN:1330-2604, 1848-7963
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Abstract The process of police crime recording is a research issue in many studies within the expert and research community. Since police crime statistics are a product of police practice to record crime, the question how to measure, count and record all reported crimes in an objective and accurate manner includes serious challenges and weaknesses. In fact, the dominant view within social constructivism and critical theories is an institutional approach which means that police data on crime are suspicious and subject to manipulative practices by the police. The basis of this approach is the principle that crime statistics are subject to construction by the police and primarily serve to achieve certain organizational goals and priorities. This means that crime numbers do not reflect reality but represent its subjective reflection. In a way, they are a part of police gaming in recording and classifying reported events as a crime. The associated decision-making process is affected by different organisational, social and situational factors which can have influence on the crime rate, so the most frequent question remains whether the data show true or false picture of a crime. The answer depends on many factors: adoption of police recording standards to harmonize different police practices and to establish legal rules and guiding principles, determination of organizational goals and priorities within certain period, establishment of police performance indicators, cognitive and other capabilities of police officers etc. Those factors and possible techniques used by the police to manipulate crime recording in order to distort the real picture of reported crimes will be analysed within this paper. In fact, we will go through a certain manipulation process known as that police gaming in crime recording practices that is affected by different factors. We have divided these cases into three basis categories: legal framework for crime recording; police organizational structure and priorities and police discretionary practices. Our aim is to discuss possible obstacles and recent findings that prevent correct crime recording by the police which distort the real picture of a reported crime.
AbstractList The process of police crime recording is a research issue in many studies within the expert and research community. Since police crime statistics are a product of police practice to record crime, the question how to measure, count and record all reported crimes in an objective and accurate manner includes serious challenges and weaknesses. In fact, the dominant view within social constructivism and critical theories is an institutional approach which means that police data on crime are suspicious and subject to manipulative practices by the police. The basis of this approach is the principle that crime statistics are subject to construction by the police and primarily serve to achieve certain organizational goals and priorities. This means that crime numbers do not reflect reality but represent its subjective reflection. In a way, they are a part of police gaming in recording and classifying reported events as a crime. The associated decision-making process is affected by different organisational, social and situational factors which can have influence on the crime rate, so the most frequent question remains whether the data show true or false picture of a crime. The answer depends on many factors: adoption of police recording standards to harmonize different police practices and to establish legal rules and guiding principles, determination of organizational goals and priorities within certain period, establishment of police performance indicators, cognitive and other capabilities of police officers etc. Those factors and possible techniques used by the police to manipulate crime recording in order to distort the real picture of reported crimes will be analysed within this paper. In fact, we will go through a certain manipulation process known as that police gaming in crime recording practices that is affected by different factors. We have divided these cases into three basis categories: legal framework for crime recording; police organizational structure and priorities and police discretionary practices. Our aim is to discuss possible obstacles and recent findings that prevent correct crime recording by the police which distort the real picture of a reported crime.
The process of police crime recording is a research issue in many studies within the expert and research community. Since police crime statistics are a product of police practice to record crime, the question how to measure, count and record all reported crimes in an objective and accurate manner includes serious challenges and weaknesses. In fact, the dominant view within social constructivism and critical theories is an institutional approach which means that police data on crime are suspicious and subject to manipulative practices by the police. The basis of this approach is the principle that crime statistics are subject to construction by the police and primarily serve to achieve certain organizational goals and priorities. This means that crime numbers do not reflect reality but represent its subjective reflection. In a way, they are a part of police gaming in recording and classifying reported events as a crime. The associated decision-making process is affected by different organisational, social and situational factors which can have influence on the crime rate, so the most frequent question remains whether the data show true or false picture of a crime. The answer depends on many factors: adoption of police recording standards to harmonize different police practices and to establish legal rules and guiding principles, determination of organizational goals and priorities within certain period, establishment of police performance indicators, cognitive and other capabilities of police officers etc. Those factors and possible techniques used by the police to manipulate crime recording in order to distort the real picture of reported crimes will be analysed within this paper. In fact, we will go through a certain manipulation process known as that police gaming in crime recording practices that is affected by different factors. We have divided these cases into three basis categories: legal framework for crime recording; police organizational structure and priorities and police discretionary practices. Our aim is to discuss possible obstacles and recent findings that prevent correct crime recording by the police which distort the real picture of a reported crime.
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SubjectTerms Community research
Constructivism
Crime
Crime prevention
Criminal statistics
Data
data manipulation
Decision making
Manipulation
Offenses
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational structure
Performance indicators
Police
police discretion
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Social construction
Social constructionism
Social factors
Subjectivity
White collar crime
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