TY - JOUR AB - Crime registered by the police describes only part of the crime actually committed. In order to illuminate the dark figure, which varies from offence to offence, studies are carried out in criminology on victimisation experiences and self-reported delinquency in addition to the data on the known figure. This article deals with the research on the dark figure of crime in Germany. Particular attention is given to the different aspects of the dark figure, the objectives and the related different methodical approaches as well as the problems of the survey techniques in the context of the research on the dark figure. The main purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the development and the knowledge gained by the German research on the dark figure from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present day. In this context, the problem of comparing the data on the dark figure with the data on the known figure and finally the perspectives of the research on the dark figure in Germany will also be discussed. AU - Haverkamp, Rita DO - 10.7396/IE_2020_D ET - 8/2020 KW - undetected crime dark figure LA - eng M1 - International Edition PY - 2020 SN - 1813-3495 SP - 39-53 ST - An Overview of the Research on the Dark Figure of Crime in Germany. Concept, methods and development T2 - SIAK-Journal − Journal for Police Science and Practice TI - An Overview of the Research on the Dark Figure of Crime in Germany. Concept, methods and development UR - http://www.bmi.gv.at/104/Wissenschaft_und_Forschung/SIAK-Journal/internationalEdition/files/Haverkamp_IE_2020.pdf VL - 10 ID - 704 ER -