official statistics Flashcards

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official crime statisitcs:
whats reflected?
and whats not included?

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-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

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imapct of data in the official crime statisicts?

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-unrelaible not everything reported
-not a full and accuarte picture

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other reasons why crime isnt included in OCS?

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-not trust police
-danger if they report a crime

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how might policing or gov policies affect OCS?

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-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

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what is CSEW?

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  • Asks people crimes theyve been a victim of in the past year
    -crime survey for england and wales
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in what ways is CSEW more or less valid than OCS?

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  • include crimes that havent been reported
    -HOWEVER, doesnt include crimes where theres no victim, sex crimes or cyber crimes
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official statistics- theoretical adv

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-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

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official statistics- theoretical dis

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-interprevists say no in depth picture
-lack validity- not all relevant info e.g crime statisitcs hides dark figure crime

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official statistics- ethical adv & dis

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-none bc u arent carrying out the research on ppl

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official statistics- practical adv

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-large sample size - more reprsentative as gov has alot of money
-annual statisitcs- patterns and trends shown overtime

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official statistics- practical dis

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-info missing= if data collected for diff purpose
-gov operationalise terms in diff way to sociologist
-errors made when data recorded

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