Official crime statistics

    Cards (6)

    • British crime survey
      'Have you been a victim of crime?'
    • Dark figure of crime
      Unrecorded crime. Official statistics can be manipulated
    • Chambliss
      Working class appear more in official statistics.
      Saints and roughnecks
    • Cohen
      Media amplification creating a moral panic.
      Mods and rockers
    • Local victim survey
      More resources can be put into specific areas.
      Data is specific, not generalised
    • Self report study
      'Have you commited crime'
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