Victim Surveys

Question 1

Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW)

Answer 1

carried out by the British Research Bureau

carried out annually

people are interviews in their own homes about personal crimes

Question 2

Strengths of CSEW:

5

Answer 2

nationally representative

high response rates

uses structured interviews

shows unrecorded crimes by police

gathers info on the least reported crime

Question 3

Weakness of CSEW:

4

Answer 3

victimless crimes aren’t shown

before 2009, child victims weren’t included

not entirely representative of the whole country (only a sample)

despite 75% response rate, the other 25% maybe important data

Question 4

Islington Crime Survey (1986)

Answer 4

focuses on specific geographical areas and the impact of crime on people’s lives

it uncovers how much crimes shapes lives

Question 5

Strengths of Islington Crime Survey:

3

Answer 5

it’s qualitative, so it’s in depth

uses interviews

covers how much they’re being affected

Question 6

Limitations of Islington Crime Survey:

4

Answer 6

accuracy relies on memory and honesty

the threshold of what a crime is may differ for some

low response rates = can’t generalise

non virgins don’t respond