نقل قول:
Every social problem has a dark figure because some instances of crime, child abuse, poverty, or whatever) inevitably go unrecorded. How big is the dark figure?When we first learn about a problem that has never before received attention, when no one has any idea how common the problem actually is, we might think of the dark figure as being the entire problem. In other cases where recordkeeping is very thorough, the dark figure may be relatively small (for example, criminologists believe that the vast majority of homicides are recorded, simply because dead bodies usually come to police attention).
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نقل قول:
So, when reporters or officials ask activists about the size ofa newly created social problem, the activists usually have to guess about the problem's dark figure. They offer estimates, educated guesses, guesstimates, ballpark figures, or stabs in the dark
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