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3.2 Victim Surveys Flashcards

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1
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Give an example of a large scale victim survey:

A

Crime survey of England and Wales

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When is the crime survey of England and Wales carried out?

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Annually

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What sort of crimes does the crime survey of England and Wales look at?

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Personal and property

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The crime survey of England and Wales involves what research method?

A

Structured interview

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Since 2009 who has the crime survey of England and Wales included?

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Children over 10

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How many adults have taken part in the crime survey of England and Wales? What is the response rate?

A

35000

75% response rate

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How many children have taken part in the crime survey of England and Wales? What is their response rate?

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3000

68% response rate

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What is a strength of the sample of the crime survey of England and Wales?

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Large and representative

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What is a strength of the response rate of the crime survey of England and Wales?

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Relatively high - 75%

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The crime survey of England and Wales provides information about what?

A

Victims
Offenders
Circumstances
Attitudes toward crime

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The structure of the crime survey of England and Wales gives it what?

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High levels of control and replicability

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12
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What does not appear in the crime survey of England and Wales?

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Victimless crimes such as shoplifting

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Weakness - in the past what have not been picked up in the crime survey of England and Wales?

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Child victims

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Weakness - who don’t respond in the crime survey of England and Wales and why is this an issue?

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25%

Missing potentially important information

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Weakness - why might people not respond to the crime survey of England and Wales?

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May not know they have been a victim

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The Islington crime survey focused upon what?

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One area and the impact of crime on individuals

17
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Islington - in the previous 12 months how many households were affected by a serious crime?

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A third

18
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Islington - crime was rated what?

A

A serious problem

19
Q

Islington - crime was second only to what?

A

Unemployment

20
Q

Islington - how many avoided going out after dark?

A

One quarter

21
Q

Islington - how many felt unsafe in their own homes?

A

28%

22
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Islington - how many women did not go out after dark?

A

More than a half

23
Q

Islington - young pointed out fear of crime in Islington was reasonable and what?

A

Rational

24
Q

Islington - young - what percent were worried about mugging a lot and what percent knew someone who had been mugged?

A

46% worried

40% knew someone

25
Q

Islington - young points out that police figures say who are more likely to be victims?

A

Males

26
Q

Islington - young says the victim survey found a high rate of women not doing what?

A

Reporting crimes such as sexual or domestic violence

27
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Dobash & Dobash - what did they study?

A

Domestic violence

28
Q

Dobash & Dobash - how did they study domestic violence?

A

Unstructured in depth interviews with women at a refuge

29
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Dobash & Dobash - studies aim to do what?

A

Access victims and understand the impact of crime on their lives
(Not competing with the stats)

30
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Dobash & Dobash’s study is less what that the CSEW?

A

Representative as it was in a smaller scale

31
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Why might Dobash & Dobash’s study be more valid?

A

Unstructured interviews

Allows to build rapport

32
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Why might Dobash & Dobash’s study be less valid?

A

Reliant on memory and honesty
People may lie out of shame
Perceptions of crime may differ

33
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Why might representativeness lack in Dobash & Dobash’s study?

A

Low response rates for those victims of sexual offences and other serious crimes

34
Q

Dobash & Dobash - why is lack of representativeness an issue?

A

Can’t generalise

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