Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Official Crime Statistics
- Very cheap
and easy to
access
- Allows for comparisons and
trends to be made and identified
over time
- Contemporary
- Few ethical issues
- Sociologist is put in no danger
- Open to political manipulation
- Collected in a systematic,
standardised and scientific way
- Does not take into account the personal
experiences and interpretations that
underpin them
- Easily checked
and verifiable
- May include operationalised
definitions that the sociologist
may disagree with
- May not present an
accurate picture -
validity