official statistics Flashcards
official crime statisitcs:
whats reflected?
and whats not included?
-crimes reflected are the ones reported to police
-dark figure crimes- not reported e.g minor theft
and includes serious crime e.g DV. rape, blackmail
-crimes a vicitim may be emabrassed to say e.g hate crime
imapct of data in the official crime statisicts?
-unrelaible not everything reported
-not a full and accuarte picture
other reasons why crime isnt included in OCS?
-not trust police
-danger if they report a crime
how might policing or gov policies affect OCS?
-negative RS between police and society
-not enough funding for police to investigate all crimes
- if a certain crime looks to be increasing it may be more reported now
what is CSEW?
- Asks people crimes theyve been a victim of in the past year
-crime survey for england and wales
in what ways is CSEW more or less valid than OCS?
- include crimes that havent been reported
-HOWEVER, doesnt include crimes where theres no victim, sex crimes or cyber crimes
official statistics- theoretical adv
-positivsts favour- identify correlations
-easy to comapre and high reliablity
-standardised procedures
-gov can ensure its a legal requirement to submit data e.g births or census
official statistics- theoretical dis
-interprevists say no in depth picture
-lack validity- not all relevant info e.g crime statisitcs hides dark figure crime
official statistics- ethical adv & dis
-none bc u arent carrying out the research on ppl
official statistics- practical adv
-large sample size - more reprsentative as gov has alot of money
-annual statisitcs- patterns and trends shown overtime
official statistics- practical dis
-info missing= if data collected for diff purpose
-gov operationalise terms in diff way to sociologist
-errors made when data recorded
