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DATA, CRIME AND

JOURNALISMTblisi Dec 2014

Peter Verwei

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Problem:

Crime situation has long been one of the issuesover which the opposition is fre

the government. But citing interior ministrys official statistics, which the oppon

credible, the authorities argue that despite of large-scale amnesty in early 2!",

been deteriorated# about !$, inmates were released from %ail as a result of am

2!"&.

'overnemnt officials are claiming that under the previous government, when th

channels were under the authorities (control), grave crime incidents were underthat television channels often report about crime cases it creates (perception) a

has increased.

*ifferent kinds of interpretations are heard of statistical data+ according to hot

deputy nterior minister, data released by the current ministry shows that crimi

opened by police rounds to !$/ 0, which is not possible.

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