One of these, often referred to by the police, is the unrealistic fear that many people, particularly the elderly, have of their society. They take at face value cases such as this one involving the policewomen, and they really believe that they live in a society that has lost all its civilized values.
In the absence of an experiment, a statistical effect of one variable on another cannot just be accepted as causal at face value.
To conclude our review of criminal statistics, it is clear that official statistics on crime, like most statistics, should not be taken at face value as facts to be accepted uncritically.