Measuring Crime: Official Police Statistics

Question 1

What is recorded by police and processed through the criminal justice system?

Answer 1

Official police statistics

These statistics include data on crimes reported to police.

Question 2

What approach collects data in the same way?

Answer 2

Positivist approach

This approach emphasizes objective data collection.

Question 3

What type of data is recorded annually by police?

Answer 3

Quantitative data

This data is collected in large sample sizes.

Question 4

What is a limitation of official police statistics?

Answer 4

Ignores small scale dark figure

The dark figure refers to unreported crimes.

Question 5

What does the positivist approach ignore?

Answer 5

Subjective thoughts and opinions

It focuses solely on observable data.

Question 6

What issue does victim information in England and Wales highlight?

Answer 6

Poor representation of the UK

Victim statistics may not accurately reflect the entire population.

Question 7

What do official police statistics lack?

Answer 7

Representativeness

They only show reported crimes and do not account for unreported incidents.

Question 8

What do official police statistics record?

Answer 8

Total number of crimes reported to police

These statistics are used to analyze crime trends.

Question 9

Fill in the blank: Official police statistics are based on _______.

Answer 9

Reported crime data

This data is used to compile crime reports.