>>>> Numbers published last fall say 3.8 million for 2010
>>>
>>> Which is a necessary undercount. Right?
>>
>> Why?
>
> Wojtek pointed out some of the reasons earlier, but the big one is that
> nowhere near all violent crime gets reported.
>
> /jordan
The 3.8 million is from the National Crime Victimization Survey, which is numbers on crimes not reported. I thought that's what you've been referring to.