Statistics

Question 1

What did Beck say is an issue with stats?

Answer 1

• ‘Risk society’ refers to shared knowledge of contemporary risks

Question 2

What did Maguire say about stats?

Answer 2

• Increase in stats on crime and anti-social behaviour since the 1970s
• Info gathered now on wider aspects, e.g: unreported/unrecorded crime, specialist subcategories, hidden crime

Question 3

What did Garland say about stats?

Answer 3

• Change in government policy to ‘risk management’
• Greater sense of risk and uncertainty- lack of faith in government
• Responsibilization (pushing responsibility for avoiding beocming victims onto individuals)