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Assess the value of police crime statisticsIntroduction Crimeas a measurement
statistics of crime
attempt to provide (20measures
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crime in societies. Given that crime is usually secretive by nature,
measurements of it are likely to be inaccurate. Several methods
Briefly outline
for measuring crime exist, including household surveys, hospital or
insurance records, and compilations by police and similar law
enforcement agencies.
Statistics are collected for a long time which means you can look
Paragraph 1 for patterns and trends.
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However, these statistics do not include unreported and
Paragraph 2 unrecorded crime
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The statistics cover the whole country and thus can be compared
Paragraph 3 to different parts of the UK
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Does not provide the whole picture and thus lacks validity (why
Paragraph 4 was it done, was there motive etc)
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Easily accessible when the info is needed
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Informed by government, police, and public pressures- room for
Paragraph 6 bias? Can make links to dark figure.
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