WorksheetsHow useful are crime statistics? AQA SOCIOLOGY
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 8mins
Official statistics of crime are published by ___________ ___ ________ __________
(a)
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
(a) believe that crime statistics are a social construct.
What may be a limitation of self-report studies?
