How to obtain a more accurate picture of crime through crime statistics: Proposals and methods

Artikel

This report aims to show the distribution of crime in Germany. For this, police crime statistics (polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik - PKS) are treated so that they integrate dark figures (unreported crime) of crime types along with their specific grade of burden. The different treatments are based on own recent survey data. Two major trends are confirmed by both treatment methods: First, there is a northsouth divide, with the northern regions experiencing a far higher risk of crime. Second, rural/urban differences can be accounted for by the higher levels of everyday crime that affect citizens of towns and cities. These slight differences and changes are more evident and meaningful in state-to-state comparisons rather than looking at Germany as a whole.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: DIW Economic Bulletin ; ISSN: 2192-7219 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 13-21 ; Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Criminal Law ; General Regional Economics: Other ; National Security and War ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
• Subject: security ; crime ; indicator ; home affairs ; police ; federalism ; inner security ; thread ; crime statistics ; police statistics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bug, Mathias ; Meier, Kristina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/106484
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET