TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Critical Note on the Validity of Official Crime Statistics
AU - , Sarfraz Hussain 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 9
SP  - 1123
EP  - 1128
PY  - 2005
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2005.1123.1128
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2005.1123.1128
KW  - Official crime statistics
KW  -deficiencies
KW  -disadvantages public statictic
AB  - Law breaking events indicate state of social conditions, public trend and performance of educational and crimes controlling institutions. Statistics about crimes and delinquency are notoriously untrustworthy and unreliable, particularly in developing countries where a great numbers of crimes do not come on record for many reasons but generally these figures are used for measuring crime rate all over the world. In this study a comprehensive critical analysis on validity of official crime statistics was presented including pinpointing deficiencies and disadvantages which distort the police record about crimes  and advantages for that these statistics are used. (key terms:  Crime, delinquency, official crime statistics, validity, Social condition, Public trend,)
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