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no-crime en · VERB

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1. (UK) To determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).
   • Of cases reported, half to two-thirds are “no-crimed” or, in US parlance, “unfounded” or determined to be “baseless” by the police (Brown, 2010; Kelly et al., 2010). 2014, Karen Rich, Interviewing Rape Victims: Practice and Policy Issues in an International Context, Springer, →ISBN:
   • According to these figures, in Lincolnshire, for example, 26% of all reported rapes were no-crimed in 2012–13 and 20% were no-crimed in 2011–12. This contrasts with Merseyside, where 4% reported rape crimes were no-crimed in 2012–13 ... 2014, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee, Caught Red Handed: Why We can't Count on Police Recorded Crime Statistics - HC 760, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 16:
   • Nevertheless, if the recommendations of the Working Party had been strictly observed, no reported cases in 1986 should have been 'no-crimed' on the basis of the victim withdrawing her complaint. 1989, Lorna J. F. Smith, Great Britain. Home Office. Research and Planning Unit, Concerns about rape, HMSO Books
   • Gregory and Lees (1999) suggest that, in contrast, the high rates of 'no criming' for rape and sexual assault demonstrate the low priority attached by the police to these offences. 2004, J. Jordan, The Word of a Woman?: Police, Rape and Belief, Springer, →ISBN, page 63:

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