Most rapes, assaults, and thefts go unreported to police.

Evidence

The figures are somewhat alarming. In 2014, people surveyed claimed they reported only 34 percent of the rapes or sexual assaults, 45 percent of the assaults, 60 percent of the burglaries, and 29 percent of the thefts. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 809

Categorization

• XREF: Offers a concrete baseline for the ch49 point distinguishing ‘crimes marked, prevented, punished’ from actual commission, and for underreporting in violent-crime discussions. — connects to: Most crimes go unreported and most offenders escape punishment — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1376

Broader Connections

• Most crimes go unreported and most offenders escape punishment #corroborates (0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1376