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B: MEASURING CRIME Flashcards

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CSEW

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Crime survey for England and Wales

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What does the Crime Survey for England and Wales show?

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That crime is much higher than police figures suggest

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Successes of the Crime Survey for England and Wales

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Successful in developing special measures to estimate the impact of domestic abuse, stalking and sexual victimisation

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Limitations of the Crime Survey for England and Wales

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Victimless crimes will not appear
Only asked people over 16 in the past
Trends are only an estimate
75% response rate

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Who created the Islington Crime Survey?

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Jones and Young (1986)

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What did the first Islington crime survey show?

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1/3 of households had been touched by serious crime in the last 12 months

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How many households affected by serious crime in the last 12 months? (ICS)

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1/3

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How did Young criticise victim surveys?

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Accuracy relies on memory and honesty
Peoples thresholds may differ
Low response rate affects representativeness
People who have not been victims would not report- overestimation

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Strengths of self report studies (3)

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  1. Can give insight (qualitative)
  2. Longitudinal
  3. Can challenge view of ‘typical criminal’
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Example of a self report study

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The Cambridge Study- followed 411 South London boys 8-32, and the Edinburgh study of Youth Transitions- looked at gender differences

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What did Campbell (1981) find in self report studies?

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Levels of crime and deviance admitted to by g

females and males were much closer than police record figures suggest

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Who carried out the Cambridge study?

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Farrington et al

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Target audience of self report studies

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Young boys, and focus on minor crimes

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3 weaknesses of self report studies

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  1. Validity
  2. Ethics
  3. Attrition
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West and Farrington (1977) on self report studies

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Only 2% of unconnected boys admitted, compared to 94% of convicted

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How many unconvicted boys admitted to crime in self report studies?

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2%

17
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Who found that 2% of unconvicted boys admitted to crime in self report studies?

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West and Farrington

18
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Criticism of official stats when studying crime rates for ethnic minorities

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Group all Asians together

19
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Fitzgerald and Sibbitt

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Believe that Home Office grouping Asians together masks crime patterns

20
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The Home Office grouping Asians together masks crime patterns

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Fitzgerald and Sibbett

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