While overall crime rates of victimization have remained the same or decreased, a significant amount of Canadians overestimate the amount of crime. What does this illustrate?

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This illustrates that people often do not rely on their own experiences or actual crime statistics in assessing the likelihood of being a victim of crime, but may be influenced by media portrayal, hearsay, or other factors that lead to an overestimation of crime rates.

While Overall Crime Rates of Victimization Have Remained the Same