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Defining and Measuring Crime

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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crimes are acts

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against the law

#2
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definitions of crimes differ across cultures

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what is concidered a crime in one culture may not be classed as a crime in another

#3
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an example of crime and law differences across cultures

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in 2014, forced marriage was made illigal in the UK but in other cultures its still regularly practiced.

#4
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Definitions of crime change over time

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at different historical times people define crimes differently

#5
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an example of crime and law changing over time

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homosexuality was concidered a crime in England until 1967 when the law was abolished

#6
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Official statistics

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official statistics are government records of the total number of times a crime has been reported

#7
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official statistics are published on an annual basis to provide

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a snapshot of the number of crimes recorded in the country and in different regions

#8
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releasing official statistics allows

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the government to develop crime preventing stratagies

#9
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victim survays record peoples

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experience of cime over a specific period

#10
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offender survays involve individuals volunteering detials of

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the number and types of crimes they have commited

#11
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the survays tend to target groups of people like to offend on

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risk factors

#12
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what are the risk factors?

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previous convictions age social background

#13
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offender survays tend to look at indicators of

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repeat offending

#14
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what are the indicators?

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drugs alcohol

#15
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one limitation of official statistics is that they may

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underestimate crimes with some commentators saying that only 25% of crimes are reported. The remaining 75% are called the ‘dark figure’ of crime.

#16
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crimes may not appear in official figures for many reasons

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police mistrust fear of reprisals police recording rules

#17
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Farrington and Dowds date

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1985

#18
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what did Farrington and Dowds find?

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found Nottinghamshire police were far more likely to record thefts under £10 than any other counties, hense the spike in their figures

#19
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Farrington and Dowds study shows that

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police priorities distort official figures

#20
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one strength is victim survays are throught to have a greater degree of

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accuracy

#21
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survays include

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crimes not reported

#22
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victim survays rely on respondants

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accurately recalling crimes

#23
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inaccurate victim recall may

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distort the crime figures

#24
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offender survays provide an insight into how many

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people are responsible for certian offences