Secondary Sources : Statistics

Question 1

What can secondary data include?

Answer 1

Written materials, sound clips and visual images.

Question 2

What type of source is statistical information collected and published by the goverment?

Answer 2

A quantative and secondary source

Question 3

What do the goverment use goverment statistics for?

Answer 3

To allocate money for public resources and funding where it is needed most

Question 4

What are the 4 examples of crime statistics?

Answer 4

1. Police recorded crime. 2. Victim surveys. 3. Self report surveys. 4. Court and prison records and records on Police cautions.

Question 5

What is a practical strength and weakness of using crime statistics?

Answer 5

S - Less time consuming and costly. W- The goverment prevent acess for statistics on certain crimes.

Question 6

What is a ethical strength and weakness of using crime statistics

Answer 6

S- The information is confidential. W- It may lead to stereotyping

Question 7

What is a theoritical strength and weakness of using crime statistics?

Answer 7

S- Representative W- Lacks validity due to the dark figure of crime and the idea that crime is a social construction.

Question 8

What did Durkeim find suicide varies due to using research from statistics?

Answer 8

Religion, family size, political/national crises, economic conditions, occupation groups and the divorce rate.

Question 9

What type of sociologists is Atkinson?

Answer 9

Interpretist

Question 10

What does Atkinson argue and suicide statistics?

Answer 10

He argues that statistics are socially constructed reflecting the behaviour of coroners, doctors, relatives and their defonition of suicide.