MEASURING CRIME

Question 1

how can we measure crime?

Answer 1

police recorded crime figures
victim surveys
self report

Question 2

police recorded crime figures are easy to…

Answer 2

access

Question 3

police recorded crime figures are __ __ ____

Answer 3

up to date, as they are recorded annually

Question 4

we can spot _______ and _____, because….

Answer 4

patterns and trends because the sample is of the whole population

Question 5

police recorded crime figures are collected legally, which makes it…

Answer 5

ethical

Question 6

police recorded crime figures to not capture…

Answer 6

the dark figure of crime which is crime that goes unreported, unrecorded or undetected

Question 7

police recorded crime figures do not show a…

Answer 7

complete picture of crime as it can vary between areas

Question 8

who are police recorded statistics collated by?

Answer 8

the home office, published by the ONS

Question 9

what would func say about official stats?

Answer 9

agree because it is quantitative, shows value consensus of typical criminal, and is reliable since it is representative

Question 10

what would new right say about official stats?

Answer 10

accept the pic of crime it gives, says crime is made to benefit society and that it occurs due to the underclass

Question 11

what would left realists say about official stats?

Answer 11

not the best, but we cannot ignore them and can improve them by pairing them with victim surveys

Question 12

what would some feminists say about official stats?

Answer 12

females commit less crime due to high level of social control on them

Question 13

what would marxists say about official stats?

Answer 13

used to control and oppress the WC

Question 14

what would interactionists say about official stats?

Answer 14

socially constructed due to police labelling and treatment of WC

Question 15

what would radical criminologists say about official stats?

Answer 15

police are in power to label politically, so we challenge EM increase in stats

Question 16

what would other feminists say to criticise official stats?

Answer 16

female offenders treated differently in court

male crime against women is still underrepresented

Question 17

the dark figure of crime is hard to….

Answer 17

estimate as it is unlikely to be in proportion to police recorded crime

Question 18

what is police discretion?

Answer 18

all police figures are affected by police e.g. corruption, using own reasoning to record crime

Question 19

what are police influenced by?

Answer 19

the image of the typical criminal

Question 20

what do recent studies show about police recorded crime?

Answer 20

they have been manipulated

Question 21

what is the CSEW?

Answer 21

crime survey for england and wales, it is a victim survey

Question 22

since 2009, who has been included in the CSEW?

Answer 22

10-15 year olds

Question 23

how are respondent contacted in the CSEW?

Answer 23

in their homes and interviewed about experience of property crime and personal crime

Question 24

what does the CSEW show?

Answer 24

crime is higher than official stats suggest, some crimes up to 4x increase

Question 25

what 3 things does the CSEW use to organise incidents?

Answer 25

detailed info about victim
circumstances of the crime
behaviour of offenders who commited crime

Question 26

what has the CSEW been successful at?

Answer 26

developing measures to estimate extent of sexual and domestic violence, since are the most unreported crime

Question 27

the CSEW also questions attitudes about…

Answer 27

crime related topics e.g. anti-social behaviour

Question 28

what are limitations of CSEW?

Answer 28

doesn’t look at victimless crime
only over 16’s studied
only small sample with low response rate

Question 29

what is the name of another victim survey?

Answer 29

islington crime survey focusing on impact of crime on vulnerable groups

Question 30

what did the islington crime survey find?

Answer 30

1/3 of households had experienced major crime in the last year (1990)

Question 31

what qualitative data did the islington crime survey find?

Answer 31

25% of people avoided going out after dark

28% of people felt unsafe in their own homes

Question 32

who did Dobash and Dobash study?

Answer 32

experiences of domestic violence on women in refuge centres, who are usually ignored

Question 33

how does Young criticise victim surveys?

Answer 33

they depend on the memory and honesty of the victim

Question 34

how can response rates affect results of victim surveys?

Answer 34

if response rates is too low, then the results will be unrepresentative
if those who are not victims don’t respond, there is an overestimation of crime