20 Marker Stats

• Heidensohn, Allen and Carlen state that crime statistics are highly gendered in the UK
• Reiman claims that commonly reported crimes are those committed by the working class
• Studies such as that of Erikson & Williams and Dickinson found that up to 70% of stories in newspapers are crime-related
• The Ministry of Justice (2019) found that 92% of robbery offences are committed by men
• Marxist Box suggests that crimes go unreported because the public fear the consequences, fear the police, are embarrassed, feel their crime was too trivial, or are unaware that they are a victim