AC1.6
Evaluate methods of collecting
statistics about crime
, Key terms
Evaluate
to judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of
something
Victim surveys
occur where the intention is to interview a representative sample
of a particular population and to ask a series of questions about
their experience of victimisation. These surveys started in the
USA; the first such survey in the UK was in 1972. It later became
the British Crime Survey and from 2012 has been called Crime
Survey for England and Wales
Evaluate methods of collecting
statistics about crime
, Key terms
Evaluate
to judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of
something
Victim surveys
occur where the intention is to interview a representative sample
of a particular population and to ask a series of questions about
their experience of victimisation. These surveys started in the
USA; the first such survey in the UK was in 1972. It later became
the British Crime Survey and from 2012 has been called Crime
Survey for England and Wales
