Study of Alternative Types of Deviance Though victim surveys and self-report studies have provided alternative measuring rods. they have been restricted largely to traditional images ofcrime; they almost exclusively measure street crime. If questions on such offenses as tax eva- sion are included in a self-report study. our image of the overall distribution of crime might change considerably. The fact that an activity appears in the criminal statutes does not mean. however. that it will be reported as such; ideo- logical factors can prevent subjects from defin- ing certain acts as crimes (for example. employ- ees often think of petty pilferage in the work place as a perquisite. not a crime). Similarly. because the concept of victimization is socially constructed. victimization surveys cannot mea- sure the incidence of all offenses (notwith- standing the problem of defining exactly what constitutes an offense). Many of the most remunerative crimes (such as price fixing) are remunerative precisely because the victims are not aware that an offense has occurred (see Tay- lor. Walton. and Young (I975. 3|) and Pearce (I976) for a few of the many examples that are available).