People don't have as much of an option not to report it. Brough, like Chaffee, said the exception to reporting violent crime is sexual assault. Sexual assault reporting is very little for what actually happens. Violent crime statistics fluctuate from year to year, Brough said. UNC reported no violent crime during 1997.
Crimes hidden in the shadows are still crimes nonetheless.
The Uniform Crime Report, which is the only national census of crime reports in the United States, defines violent crime only as murder, rape or robbery. The report is often criticized, mostly because of inconsistencies in crime reporting among police agencies at different universities around the nation. We publish whatever local campus police report. Quimby agreed with Brough, saying crime statistics can often be inaccurate at reporting what trends are actually occurring on campuses around the nation. Crimes are often not reported and not reflected by the results.