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Glossary

Incidence (of crime)
english

The number of criminal acts within a given-sized population used as a measure of the volume of crime. For instance, the number of violent criminal acts per 1,000 people.

Source: reproduced with the permission of the Government of Canada

added by

Burkhard Hasenpusch

German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP)

spanish: Incidence (du crime)