Social Distribution Of Crime 1/3

Question 1

Sources of crime data A01

Answer 1

Police recorded crime
court records
Prisons record
Published quannty
Crime surveys for England wales
Interviews with households
Continuous surveys
Random samples of 35,000 people, adults and children aged 10-15

Question 2

Sources of crime and data A03

Answer 2

Not all crimes are recorded or reported
Govern,ent manipulation
Invisible crimes/ victims

A03 for surveys
- relies of memory
- lacks specialist knowledge
- researchers effect
- invisible crime

Question 3

Dark figure of crime

Answer 3

Crime that is not included in the statistics due to them not being recorded or reported

Question 4

Why might crimes not be reported to the police

Answer 4

Complaints not taken seriously
Unaware that it is a crime
They could also be involved in criminal activity - like grooming regarding drugs

Question 5

Main argument about crime statistics

Answer 5

Not accurate and not reliable as it is up to the police if they record crimes or not

Rely on decisions of police and victims to come forward

Question 6

Moore, Aiken and chapman - police triage