Using Victimization Reporting Rates to Estimate the Dark Figure of Crime: A Case Study of Domestic Violence
Published online on August 09, 2025
Abstract
Crime & Delinquency, Ahead of Print.
This paper illustrates how factoring in variables associated with reporting and underreporting can be used to adjust official statistics and generate an estimate of the true prevalence of domestic violence in a community. Combining data from the FBI ...
This paper illustrates how factoring in variables associated with reporting and underreporting can be used to adjust official statistics and generate an estimate of the true prevalence of domestic violence in a community. Combining data from the FBI ...