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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > transnational crime and justice > sources of data and research on transnational crime > data sources: police data

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data sources: police data  

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  • Police data are data gathered and recorded by uniformed officers, detectives, and police staff in the course of their police duties and stored within police information systems. The main types of police data that are recorded are calls for service, incident data, and criminal intelligence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Data Sources: Police Data]

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