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Fri 04 Apr 2003Computer system may be factor in crime statistics
The increase in official crime figures seems dramatic, but the truth may be more complicated, writes Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Correspondent
The figures for serious, or "headline" crime, announced by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, yesterday make sobering reading, and he did not pull any punches.
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