Crime and Deviance - Statistics and patterns of crime

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Types of crime statistics

1. Police recorded statistics 

2. Victim studies 

3. Self-report studies 

Police recorded statistics

  • Drawn from records kept bu the police and other official agencies 
  • They are published every six months by the Home Office 
  • They cannot be taken simply at face value 

Strengths 

  • Provides historical changes over time 
  • Gives both sides of crime 

Weaknesses

  • This change over a six-month period, not enough time to recognise crime 
  • Police don't always record them 

Victim studies 

  • These are surveys which ask…

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