How useful are crime statistics? AQA SOCIOLOGY

Official statistics of crime are published by ___________ ___ ________ __________

Victim surveys are..

• ..an interview asking victims what happened

• ..questionnaires/surveys asking people about their experience of crime.

• ...a questionnaire asking people what crimes they have committed

• ...recorded crimes

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) is..

• A self-report study

• A victim survey

• ONS

A victim survey asks respondents if they have been victims within the previous...

• 4 years

• 12 months

• 13 months

• 6 months

Self-report studies...

• ... ask people about their offending

• ...what crimes have been committed against them

• ...are asked every year

• ...are the same as a victim survey

Why may all crimes not be recorded?

• The crime has no witnesses

• All crimes are recorded

• Victims may feel embarrassed or the crime seem trivial

• The police may not record their crime

________________ believe that crime statistics are a social construct.

What may be a limitation of self-report studies?