Crime

Question 1

What are the three types of crime?

Answer 1

Volume, serious and major

Question 2

What is volume crime?

Answer 2

Through its sheer volume, has a significant impact on the community and the ability of the local police to tackle it.

Question 3

What are three volume crimes?

Answer 3

Antisocial behaviour, burglary and theft

Question 4

What is serious crime?

Answer 4

Involves the use of violence, results in financial gain or is conducted by many people in pursuit of a common goal.

Question 5

What are three serious crimes?

Answer 5

Fraud, sexual assault and stalking

Question 6

What is major crime?

Answer 6

The most serious incidents of violence and death, which have devastating impacts on victims, families and communities.

Question 7

What are three major crimes?

Answer 7

Murder, manslaughter and rape

Question 8

What are the three categories of crime?

Answer 8

Summary, triable either way and indictable only

Question 9

What is summary crime?

Answer 9

The offender is usually not entitled to a trial by a judge, so the crime is dealt with in the magistrate’s court.

Question 10

What are two summary crimes?

Answer 10

Minor assaults and motoring offences

Question 11

What is triable either way crime?

Answer 11

Can be heard in the crown court or the magistrate’s if they deem their sentencing powers sufficient.

Question 12

What are three triable either way crimes?

Answer 12

Theft, possession of drugs and ABH

Question 13

What is indictable only crime?

Answer 13

Can only be heard in the crown court.

Question 14

What are three indictable only crimes?

Answer 14

Murder, manslaughter and rape

Question 15

What is a social construction?

Answer 15

Reflect shared ideas or perceptions that exist solely because people in a society accept they do.

Question 16

How is crime a social construction?

Answer 16

Historically, contextually, culturally, and with age

Question 17

How is crime a social construction historically?

Answer 17

What was once acceptable may become illegal or deviant and vice versa.

Question 18

How is crime a social construction contextually?

Answer 18

Some behaviours are accepted in certain situations but not in others.

Question 19

How is crime a social construction culturally?

Answer 19

What is considered acceptable can vary depending on your culture.

Question 20

How is crime a social construction with age?

Answer 20

Some behaviours are acceptable for certain age groups.

Question 21

What are three types of crime statistics?

Answer 21

Home Office statistics, CSEW and CVS

Question 22

What are Home Office statistics?

Answer 22

Based on police data

Question 23

What is a disadvantage of Home Office statistics?

Answer 23

Not all crimes are recorded.

Question 24

What is the CSEW?

Answer 24

Face-to-face survey asking people within the general population their experiences of a range of crimes in the last year.

Question 25

What are the advantages of the CSEW?

Answer 25

The questions get reviewed regularly. Covers violence (not murder), robbery, vehicle and household theft, and criminal damage. Unaffected by changes in police recording practices or levels of public reporting.

Question 26

What are the disadvantages of the CSEW?

Answer 26

Does not cover the population living in group residencies. Does not cover crime against commercial property or public sector bodies. Does not cover victimless crimes.

Question 27

What is the CVS?

Answer 27

Annual survey run by the Home Office designed to measure crime against businesses in England and Wales.