Weaknesses of Official Crime Statistics: 'Real' Policing

Question 1

Which Sociological Theory believes the police have their own ideas of ‘real’ policing?

Answer 1

Feminists

Question 2

What did Walklate argue?

Answer 2

Since the 1990s, policies have aimed to change police’s perception of domestic violence

Question 3

What is the view on domestic violence within the police force?

Answer 3

That it is not something that the police have to deal with

Question 4

What did a 2014 Government Report find?

Answer 4

Domestic violence is a priority on paper for the police but in reality the police do not look at it this way

Question 5

What made the police even less supportive of Domestic Violence crimes if they were to be committed?

Answer 5

If the victim wished to take the offender to court

Question 6

Why will Domestic violence be represented less in official crime statistics?

Answer 6

Because many police officers do not consider reporting it to be ‘real police work’