4 - Victim Surveys Flashcards
What is Lea and Young’s Islington survey?
This is an in depth survey that focuses on victims of crime and their experiences within a certain geographical area. Trained researchers were able to sympathetically conduct interviews.
Qualitative data was collected which would be favoured by Interpretivist sociologists. Sociologists wanted to see how crime shaped people’s lives
33% of households experienced serious crime in the last 12 months
Some women never went out after dark at all for fear of being attacked
17 rape cases were recorded in the BCS compared to 1,200 uncovered by the Islington Crime Survey (1980)/
Positive AO3 points for Lea and Young’s study
High in validity
High in verstehn
Negative AO3 points for Lea and Young’s study
High level of skill required on behalf of the interviewer
Can’t be generalised nationwide
What are feminist victim surveys?
Feminist sociologists collect qualitative data on female victims of crime, whereby the crime has been committed by males
They use unstructured in depth interviews (qualitative data) to collect their information
information
Feminists believe that structured interviews allow the researcher to be active whilst the interviewee is passive and has no role. Structured interviews mirror the gender divisions and hierarchy of patriarchal society and should not be used
What did Dobash and Dobash find out?
23% of the sample had experienced violence before their marriage, but believed it would cease once they were married
Women expected domestic violence to be a normal part of their marriage, and they rarely complained or sought medical attention
