How does one access the a rise in reports? A rise in reports could be bad or good. A) it could be good because the rate of crime is fixed, but more crimes are being reported. B) it could be bad because the rate crime is rising (with the same proportion of crimes being reported). C) it could even be bad because there is an increasing number of false reports.

I am also very intrigued by how one actually estimates rates of things like false reports, unreported crimes, and false convictions. How given that by these categories definitions they are being miscatagorized by the system does any academic or institution estimate these statistics? It seems one would need an independent body to conduct separate investigations to properly estimate any of these