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Official crime statistics – no reassurance for the victims of crime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom McClintock*
Affiliation:
Crozier Terrace Medium Secure Unit, Hackney Hospital, London E9 6BE
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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