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defining & measuring crime
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- 1defining crime: behaviour that is unlawful & punished by the state. an act that is harmful to an individual, group, or society
- 2defining crime the influence of culture- crim behaviour will vary from country to country
- laws change overtime
- def of crime is a social construct - 3ways of measuring crime official statistics- gov prod annually since 1805
- based on any incident reported to police // when police discover an offence
- the national crime reporting standard records any reported incident, whether or not it was recorded as a crime - 4victim surveys- ask a sample of ppl to identify which crimes were committed against them over a fixed period of time
- crime survey since 2001
- involved sample of 50 000 households
- sample randomly selected from royal mail - 5offender surveys- offending crime & justice survey
- carried out annually between 2003-2006
- aim to ↑ knowledge on young ppl & crime
- 5000 aged 10-25 studied longitudinally
- 95% remained for the 4 years - 6evaluation defining crime universal concepts- despite variation there are some behaviours that are universally regarded as a crime (murder, rape, theft)
- there are still cultural variations (crime of passion) - 7evaluation measuring crime official stats- only a certain amount of crimes make it through the crime funnel
- dark figure of unreported crime ∴ not rep
- trends reported from both types of stats in agreement - 8evaluation measuring crime victim surveys- potentially provides info that dark figure hides
- may be more consistent when making comparisons over time as official stats may change reporting practices
- only 75% of random sample take part ∴ biased
- no of crimes reported in a year capped at 5 - 9evaluation measuring crime offender survey- lack of accuracy in answers as they are expected to underplay involvement & other behaviours
- reported to be honest
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- AS - Level Psychology Flashcards on defining & measuring crime, created by Neha Chakraborty on 21/06/2017.
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