AC1.6

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  • Created on: 18-10-22 19:18
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  • AC1.6
    • HOME OFFICE
      • Strengths
        • Ethics-Individuals  are not named and kept confidential
        • Reliability-Police can collect crime truthfully as it is based on reports.
        • Validity- Police can talk to offenders to gather valid data and gather evidence
      • Limitations
        • Reliability-Methods of recording vary in different places
        • Validity-Changes in recording crime lead to alterations in the results
          • E.g. crime might look like it is decreasing or increasing but it is just a change in the recording
        • Ethics-Victims might not want to speak to police due to shame or rumours
      • PURPOSE:Police can record crime based on place and time which can help stop future crimes.
        • recorded in crime figures table or quantitative data
        • can be used to introduce new policies
        • not all crime is recorded - dark figure of crime
        • data gathered through witness and victims reports
    • CSEW
      • Strengths
        • Ethics-Survey is confidential, captures unreported crime and informed consent by victims
        • Reliability- Large sample, professional & usual procedures are used to record
        • Validity-Relies on victim,less pressure on victim to answer due to anonymity
      • Limitations
        • Ethics-May feel it is not confidential and private
        • Reliability-Survey is not sent to everyone therefore are not representative
        • Validity- Results may be biased, no victimless crimes and they may lie
      • PURPOSE:Allows people to see from the victims view
        • Business crimes and victimless crimes are not included and relies on victims memory
        • recorded by using the crime survey and victim survey
        • self-reported and include dark figure of crime

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