measuring crime

Question 1

what does ocs stand for?

Answer 1

official crime statistics

Question 2

what are the 2 types of data collected by the ocs?

Answer 2

-police record crime reported by victims, the public, and officers
-annual victim survey: csew

Question 3

what does the csew stand for?

Answer 3

Crime Survey for England and Wales

Question 4

how many people annually are involved in the csew?

Answer 4

40,000

Question 5

what are some advantages to police recorded crime figures?

Answer 5

identifies successfully:
-volume of crime
-the types of crime committed
-trends in crime
-effectiveness of the law

Question 6

what are some limitations to police recorded crime figures?

Answer 6

-does not account for the dark figure of crime
-police discretion

Question 7

in 2014, uk parliament found ___ % of crime reported to police were not recorded

Answer 7

1 in 5 crimes reported were unrecorded

Question 8

what is a marxist/ interactionist argument against police crime stats?

Answer 8

question validity of them. police statistics are a social construction not based on objective facts. statistics reflect more about society than crime