Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Self
Reports
- Ask people about their own offending behaviour
- If figures are accurate it can provide useful
information about the number of crimes
commited but also how many people are
responsible
- Takes into account how there are fewer offenders than crimes as some
offenders commit multiple crimes
- Focus on groups likely to commit crimes e.g young people and previous offenders
- Rely on offenders being honest but they may lie/exagerate
any crimes commited - can lead tp inaccuarte results
- Sample can be said to be biased - only certain
ages an social groups targeted
- Biased selection of offesnes - only
trivial offences rather than
serious ones
- Offender might not remember all the crimes
they have commited or may be too embarssed
to tell them - Box said only 80% of respondents
tell the truth
- Most common - OCJS (Offending Crime and Justice Survey)
- Young people in England and Wales are interviewed about their attitude
towards and experiences of offending
- Due to sensitie nature of questions, the responses are given on a computer
- Makes results more valid - people more likely to tell
the truth than when face to face
- Random selection, national longitudinal survey which aims
to asses the extent of offending
- Covers offences such as burguary, assault and fraud