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Hidden crime — AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies Definition

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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term

Hidden crime

Definition

Crime that does not come to the attention of the authorities or appear in official records.

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AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100

Paper 2

Financial wrongdoing can be concealed in complex transactions. This creates hidden crime and means that official records cannot give a complete account of offending.
Revise: The Nature of Criminality in the UK Today

AQA Citizenship Studies past papers

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Corporate crime
Crime
Crime Survey for England and Wales
Criminality
Deterrence

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