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Crime Statistics
A few basic questions on crime statistics for A2 Sociology revision
Question | Answer |
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What is the 'dark figure' of crime? | The large amount of criminal activity which never appears in the crime statistics |
What are the three main sources of information used by criminologists to measure the amount of crime in the UK | Police Recorded Crime/ British Crime Survey/ Self-Report Studies |
What is meant by the term 'crime statistics are socially construted'? | They are the result of social processes - showing us the number of crimes reported and recorded rather than the actual number of crimes |
What does the term 'cuffing' refer to? | Where the police make crimes disappear by downgrading them - e.g. theft to lost property |
According to the BCS what crime has a 90% reporting rate and why might this be? | Vehicle Theft - necessary to report if you want to claim on the insurance |