Trends in violent crime: a comparison between police statistics and victimization surveys

摘要: Usually, two measures are used to describetrends in violent crime: police statistics andvictimization surveys. Both available inthe Netherlands. In this contribution, we willfirst provide a description of the trends inviolent crime. It appears that both types ofstatistics reflect different trend thedevelopment violence over past twodecades. According statistics,violent crime has increased considerably,whilst victimization surveys show thatviolent not undergone any increase.In second part paper, number ofhypotheses considered which could explainthe discrepancies between asregistered by and shown invictimization Methodological problemsinvolving data sources also discussed.In summary, suggest increase as isin due more professional registrationbased on an willingness reportcrimes, computerization, whichfacilitates registration. We thatalthough may have increased, thisincrease is likely be high assuggested