Measuring crime
- Created by: natjade96
- Created on: 04-05-15 16:37
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- Measuring Crime
- Problems using Official Stats
- Since 1995, official figures show a fall in crime by 44% & this is what is reported in the media. However, there has also been a significant drop in convictions
- Stats can be reported in bias ways
- Also ignored reported crimes that are not recorded
- If crime is not reported, it is not recorded
- Crime Survey for England & Wales
- Includes unreported crimes disclosed to them by self-report on victim survey
- Problems
- Surveys 'householders' so ignores crimes against homeless
- Does not cover all crimes
- Only covers household (burglary, theft & vandalism) and personal (assaults, robberies & personal theft) crimes
- Does not cover crimes against organisations, victimless crimes or crimes where the victim cant be interviewed e.g. murder
- Self report issure
- Offender Survey (OCJS)
- Monitors crime amongst young people. Sample aged 10-25 resident in private households
- Problems
- Bias selection of interviewees
- Self report issues
- Problems using Official Stats
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