Identify some of the factors that influence the reporting and recording of crime.

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The Answer is Responses could include:
-Variations in law enforcement activity across police commands.
-Variations in state laws as to what constitutes a crime.
-Counting rules, that is, what does and does not get counted into a category of crime.
-Variations between states and territories in laws, policing and recording practices.
-Variations in a victim's understanding of what is and what is not a crime.
-Victim's determination that the matter is not serious enough or too common to report or they knew the offender.

Identify Some of the Factors That Influence the Reporting and Recording