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Question 1

Police stats

Answer 1

Purpose - inform police prioritisation, show government stats

reliability have shared definition of crime so high

validity-Doesnt include unreported/dark figures

ethics doesnt give personal details

strengths
limitations

Question 2

Crime survey for england and wales

Answer 2

Puposehelp government understand reality of crime showing dark figure

Reliability- people arent professionals not shared definitions so low

Validity dark figure increase

Ethics good anonymous

Question 3

What is the purpose of research for police statistics?

Answer 3

-Inform police prioritisation
-To show the public police are doing good (gain trust)
-To show government about what police are doing

Question 4

What is the purpose of the research for Crime survey for Wngland and Wales?

Answer 4

-For the government to understand the reality of crime
-Get the opinion of the system from the public

Question 5

Reliability for police statistics?

Answer 5

-highly accurate, police have procedures and policies they must follow and the government checks these
-police have a shared definition of crime and use the same categories

Question 6

Reliability for Crime Survey?

Answer 6

-General public are not professionals and dont have a shared definition so reliability is low

Question 7

Validity for police statistics?

Answer 7

-Doesnt include unreported crime (the dark figure) so low validity overall
-High validity for reported crime as it covers the entire country

Question 8

Validity for Crime survey?

Answer 8

-Allows participants to talk about crime even if its unreported so high validity

Question 9

Ethics for Police statistics

Answer 9

-Doesnt include any personal information of the people involved in the crime so good ethics

Question 10

Ethics for Crime Survey

Answer 10

-anonymous so theres no follow up people wont fear consequences so ethical
-However the crime is not being dealt with which some people would say is unethical