official stats

Question 1

What are official stats?

Answer 1

Data produced by an official agency of government body through police recorded data, victim studies, and perpetrator studies. Marxists and feminists see official stats as social constructs as they often do not show the true figures of crime.

Question 2

Pollack

Answer 2

Police may treat women more leniently and display paternalistic attitudes towards women which may mean that women are underrepresented in official crime statistics.

Question 3

AA report

Answer 3

Tried to explain the huge increase in speeding offences amongst women. The AA argues that this was due to the use of speed cameras which are not affected by the ‘chivalry factor’.

Question 4

Reiner - canteen culture