official stats

Question 1

stats= social fact or stats= social construct

Answer 1

• some see stats as accurate crime measurement so media view them as social facts
• some say stats are social construct dependent on those in charge eg cicorcel typifications+negociation of justice.

Question 2

change in reporting, counting and crime recording

Answer 2

mass media= crime brought to police attention from public

change police attitudes=desire to prosecute certain offenders-allocation through knife crime

lack of ASB tolerance = more reporting of ASB

changeing norms and attitudes= change attitudes+more info on crime,rape abuse more reporting

community policing= more crimes reported and recorded

changing law= newer offends created 2012 292

community policing= more crime recorded so more caught

a lot more to loose=insurance claims sky high criminal damage and theft over reported

Question 3

dark figure of crime stats

Answer 3

crime only reported if eye catching in media attention

Question 4

croall

Answer 4

• British crime survey unreliable as crimes reported if people aware of them and results are limited due to memory loss and it lacks anyone under 16

Question 5

box

Answer 5

rejected impression from stats that wc youth take part in deliquentcy suggest class has 0 influence

Question 6

limitations of crime stats

Answer 6

interactionist- labelling agencies from up( those in charge of social control) distorts stats = self fp
many c’s under reported

Question 7

victimology of crime

Answer 7

christie-victims socially constructed victim stereotype created by media and CJS weak innocent ect

positive victimology= aims to identify v’s who contributed to own victimisation with proneness of characteristics

critical victimology=patriarchy and poverty places powerless groups as risk of victimisation