Talk:dark figure

estimated number of unreported cases ? Andrew massyn 06:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * There were 1100 Google Books hits for "dark figure" + crime. I've added cites to the article page.  I didn't add an etymology, but this Google snippet  seems to indicate that the use derives from a work by authors Biderman and Reiss in 1967, if anyone wants to track that down.  --Jeffqyzt 00:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Picked a better second quotation from the same page. The third I'll take your word for. RFV passed. DAVilla 05:48, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

May have originated as a translation of the better-known and longer-attested German word 'Dunkelziffer' (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelziffer dates it to 1908).