Official Crime Statistics
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- Created on: 17-12-15 12:03
Measuring Crime: Official Crime Statistics |
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EvaluationThe OCS are our main source of information about crime, e.g. functionalists, whereas subculturalist sociologists attempt to explain why the working class and young people are more criminally minded just because the statistics say they are. On the one hand whilst research based on the OCS can be considered reliable because they can be easily checked and verified, the information within the OCS may not necessarily be 100% reliable because police administrative practices, such as coughing and cuffing, could be distorting the image of crime being created. |
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