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Criminal Justice Matters Volume 83, 2011 - Issue 1: Myths and criminal justice
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THEMED SECTION: MYTHS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

New Labour's crime statistics: a case of ‘flat earth news’

Tim Hope examines the distortions behind crime stats

Tim HopeView further author information
Pages 14-16 | Published online: 07 Mar 2011
 
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Acknowledgements

This is an edited version of an essay that first appeared in Lessons for the Coalition: an end of term report on New Labour and criminal justice published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. To read the essay in full and others in the collection visit: www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/endoftermreport.html

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Tim Hope

Tim Hope is Professor in Criminology at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester

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