SY3 - Measurement of crime 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: OrangeDolphin45Created on: 14-06-15 15:29 Drawn from records kept by police. Published by HomeOffice every 6 months. Quantitative + gathered by police recordings of crime. Official statistics 1 of 11 Surveys which ask people which crimes they have committed. Anonymous and asked in schools and colleges Self-report studies 2 of 11 Surveys every 2 years. what crimes people have been victims of Victimisation surveys 3 of 11 Example of victimisation survey in response to BCS Islington crime survey 4 of 11 Victimisation survey example - survey / phone call - only sent to homeowners British crime survey 5 of 11 Functionalist who likes official statistics Durkheim 6 of 11 Feminist against official statistics Smart 7 of 11 Realists who like measurement of crime Lea and Young 8 of 11 police use discretion (interactionist) Becker 9 of 11 Issues such as police statistics and discretion affect police ---------- of crime Recording 10 of 11 some people do not -------------- crime report 11 of 11
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