crime survey of england and wales

Question 1

representativeness

Answer 1

large sample of UK, high response rate - accurate response from a large population - includes unreported crime too. helps show DFC

doesnt include all crimes - victimless / consensual crimes dont get reported eg corporate crime

Question 2

validity

Answer 2

includes unrecorded crimes - may not have been reported by police or police failed to record

relies on memory, also social desirability effect

Question 3

reliability

Answer 3

trends not affected by chances in recording practices

Question 4

strengths

Answer 4

provides picture of victimisation

good for comparison over time

Question 5

limitation

Answer 5

categorisation left to respondent which leads to inaccuracies

CSEW only includes householders over 10

Question 6

marxist

Answer 6

law enforcement benefits the ruling class and therefore statistics cannot be representative of the whole population

crimes of the poor are highlighted and strictly enforced - crimes of rich not seen criminal

Question 7

interpretivist

Answer 7

labelling rejects the view of accurate stats

more interested in the way statistics are socially constructed

Question 8

feminist

Answer 8

statistics do not reflect the amount of crime against women

sexual attacks ect are not reported due to a range of factors

domestic violence is seen as a private matter