Patterns of Crime
- Created by: Joseph Timoney-Smith
- Created on: 11-02-15 14:03
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- Patterns of Crime
- Police-recorded statics as constructions
- Reporting Crime
- According to the British Crime Survey, we know that individuals are less likely to report a crime to the police if they regard it as:
- Too private to bother the police
- A private matter between friends and family and get revenge themselves
- Too embarrassed, such as male **** victims
- The victim may not be in position to give information such as a child suffering abuse
- The British Crime Survey was introduced in 198, it samples all households in England and Wales and anyone who is 16 or older
- According to the British Crime Survey, we know that individuals are less likely to report a crime to the police if they regard it as:
- As we connote take them at face value as it is just the tip of the iceberg and there is a "dark figure"
- Recording Crimes
- In one year, approximately 57% of all crimes reported to the police fail to appear in the official statstics
- The proportion of crimes committed are not reported
- In one year, approximately 57% of all crimes reported to the police fail to appear in the official statstics
- The role of the police
- Seriousness - they might not regard the offense important enough to be a criminal matter
- Social Status - the persons status might affect the results as they might not seem important to report a crime
- Classifying - the opinion of an officer determines what category it goes into so the results will differ
- Promotion - Arrests reflect a balance between conradship and a desire for promtion
- Reporting Crime
- Victim Surveys
- Strengths of victim surveys
- BCS presents a good picture of victimisation
- Yet, many crimes are not recorded
- Weakness of victim surveys
- The problem of statistics depends on the victims memories, which are biased and uncomplete
- Doesn't cover immoral activity, that are not officially crimes
- Some many not know a crime has been committed onto them
- Categories of the crimes have been left for people to fill out, this could lead to inaccuracies
- the media and sensitization
- Victim surveys are dependent upon people being aware that they are victims, the media provide localisations of crimes, heightening sensitivity towards certain forms of behaviour
- This is known as sensitizing the public towards certain types of activity, such as domestic violence
- Victim surveys are dependent upon people being aware that they are victims, the media provide localisations of crimes, heightening sensitivity towards certain forms of behaviour
- Strengths of victim surveys
- Self-report studies
- Weaknesses
- Validity, respondents may lie or exaggerate the crimes
- Representativeness is also a probably as mostly students and young people are asked
- Maguire: The data explosion and risk soceity
- Crime reporting has increased due to the BCS especially anti-social behaviour
- Reoprting on hidden crimes have increased
- Weaknesses
- Patterns of Offending
- Types of offences
- Stats suggest that targets the poorer and less powerful groups in societies more than the affluent
- Types of victims
- 62% of crime in 2000 was theft of property
- Types of offences
- Police-recorded statics as constructions
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