A victim's insistence that the police not arrest a suspect results in no documentation of the incident (i.e.the police officer does not file a report on the incident).This circumstance supports the idea:
A) that crime is subjective
B) that discretion in police work is inappropriate
C) that police measures of crime are problematic
D) none of the above

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If incidents are not documented due to the victim's insistence, it makes it difficult for the police to accurately measure crime rates. This implies that police measures of crime are problematic. However, it does not necessarily suggest that crime is subjective or that discretion in police work is inappropriate.

A Victim's Insistence That the Police Not Arrest a Suspect