crime statistics

collocation in English

meaningsofcrimeandstatistic

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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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statistic
noun
uk
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/us
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
information based on a study of the number of times something happens or is present, or other ...
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(Definition ofcrimeandstatisticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Crimestatisticsshow that this is the most dangerous age.
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In addition to reporting issues, the policy changes taking place in the mid- to late-1960s likely biased the historical trend incrimestatistics.
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Sanctions, however, do not serve the moulding of human behaviour as well one would expect, as is made apparent bycrimestatistics.
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State degeneration was accompanied by social breakdown signalled in risingcrimestatistics, family disintegration, and the emergence of rival ' civil societies ' (p. 187).
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National levelcrimestatisticsconfirmed people's perceptions.
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Incidents included here are wider than the normal definition of a crime in thecrimestatisticsand include low level harassment.
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Recordedcrimestatisticsdo not normally identify the location of offences, or the occupation of victims.
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The recordedcrimestatisticsinclude information on recorded crime by basic command unit and crime and disorder partnerships.
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Others want a high level of prosecutions because that makes theircrimestatisticslook good.
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These will be recorded as a sub-group of the domestic burglary category and published in the recordedcrimestatistics.
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So at least that is an achievement and where there is any improvement incrimestatisticslet us rejoice in that.
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Today we woke up to have a debate oncrimestatistics, which has gone on to be about crime and sentencing.
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Police-recordedcrimestatisticscan not provide information on the proportion of violent crime where alcohol and/or illegal drug use are involved.
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Will he tell us whether those people are included in the so-called "clear-up" figures of thecrimestatistics?
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Will he also challenge them to take a vow to stop the scaremongering about recordedcrimestatisticswhich so worries the elderly?
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The fact thatcrimestatisticsare being gathered is naturally welcome.
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Recordedcrimestatisticsrelate to offence type, not to the relationship between offender and victim.
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Whether we look at the newspapers, at the theatres or at thecrimestatistics, there seems to be no appreciable advance.
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There has been much recent criticism of the sensationalising ofcrimestatistics.
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I became very interested, because it was like reading thecrimestatistics.
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