Criminology

• The fear of not being reported to the police due to few offenders sentenced for domestic abuse and has been difficult to prosecute
• People might be concerned that a situation has occurred and that they will get in trouble
• Domestic abuse

  An incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour by a partner or family member
• Approximately 1 in 5 adults aged 56 years and over had experienced domestic abuse that was not reported to the police due to fear
• The fear of the abuser and the fear of the consequences of action being taken

  Leads to domestic abuse not being reported to the police due to lack of interest and being unaffected
• Some people do not even know that domestic abuse is a crime and many people do not care and it does not cause them harm
• Sexual assault

  A type of sexual act, such as forced intercourse or other ways of sexual penetration, that are carried out without consent
• Sexual assault is not often reported to the police due to shame
• Sexual assault causes distress to the victim and that could come with feelings of guilt and embarrassment
• 85,000 women and 2,000 men experience reported rape every year
• Victims of crimes only directly involve the perpetrator, they have no victims
• Crimes are not often reported to the police due to unawareness of being unaffected
• A person may feel that a crime has nothing to do with them, therefore they should not report it
• In most cases, people are unaware that a crime is a crime or have a lack of knowledge to be able to report it