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Aufbereitung der Kriminalstatistik zu einem aussagekräftigen Bedrohungsbild: Vorschläge der Berechnung

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  • Mathias Bug
  • Kristina Meier

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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 north- south 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. Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist die Darstellung der Verteilung von Kriminalität in Deutschland. Dazu wird die polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik so aufbereitet, dass sowohl das Dunkelfeld zentraler Deliktgruppen als auch deren Schweregrad Berücksichtigung finden. Die vorgeschlagenen Wege beruhen auf eigenen aktuellen Befragungsdaten. Die verschiedenen Berechnungsvarianten bestätigen zwei deutliche Trends in der Bedrohungslage: Zum einen existiert ein Nord-Süd-Gefälle, die nördlichen Regionen weisen ein deutlich höheres Bedrohungsniveau auf. Zum anderen beobachten wir Unterschiede zwischen Stadt und Land, da die städtische Bevölkerung deutlich stärker von alltäglichen direkt auf das Individuum einwirkenden Kriminalitätsformen betroffen ist. Kleinere Veränderungen werden jedoch durchaus sichtbar und wirken sich mit dem Fokus auf einzelne Bundesländer merklicher aus.

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  • Mathias Bug & Kristina Meier, 2015. "Aufbereitung der Kriminalstatistik zu einem aussagekräftigen Bedrohungsbild: Vorschläge der Berechnung," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 82(3), pages 27-35.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:82-3-1
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    Keywords

    security; crime; indicator; home affairs; police; federalism; inner security; thread; crime statistics; police statistics;
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    JEL classification:

    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • R19 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Other
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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