Coleman, C. & Jenny, M., 1996. Understanding Crime Data: Haunted by the Dark Figure. 1st ed. Buckingham: Open University Press.
The book discusses the composition of crime data and how this data is falsely representative of actual crime figures within the UK and USA. This unrepresentative data can have profound negative implication upon the criminal justice system as resources are incorrectly distributed. It talks about the dark figure in the context of white collar crimes and as a woman. This source is relevant to the dark figure of crime as it provides us with crime data and explanations of how changes were made in crime surveys to begin to uncover this supposed dark figure. Two of the ways mentions are self-report studies and victim surveys.
The book discusses the composition of crime data and how this data is falsely representative of actual crime figures within the UK and USA. This unrepresentative data can have profound negative implication upon the criminal justice system as resources are incorrectly distributed. It talks about the dark figure in the context of white collar crimes and as a woman. This source is relevant to the dark figure of crime as it provides us with crime data and explanations of how changes were made in crime surveys to begin to uncover this supposed dark figure. Two of the ways mentions are self-report studies and victim surveys.