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Question 1

Advantage and disadvantage of OFFICIAL STATISTICS?

Answer 1

A: Analyse patterns over time as often published annually
D: Do not show dark figure of crime

Question 2

Advantage and disadvantage of VICTIM SURVEYS?

Answer 2

A: may uncover hidden crimes that are often not recorded to police (such as graffiti)
D: some victims are not aware that they are victims

Question 3

Advantage and disadvantage of SELF REPORT STUDIES?

Answer 3

A: anonymous
D: people may exaggerate the amount of crime they have committed

Question 4

Give an ethical issue and how to deal with it.

Answer 4

Protection from harm - carry out a debrief.

Question 5

What are the 3 practical issues?

Answer 5

Cost, time, access

Question 6

Advantage and disadvantage of QUESTIONNAIRES?

Answer 6

A: quick and cheap
D: low response rate

Question 7

Advantage and disadvantage of STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS?

Answer 7

A: compare data as all are asked the same questions
D: interviewer bias

Question 8

Advantage and disadvantage of UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS?

Answer 8

A: can ask follow up questions to gain more qualitative data
D: interviewer bias

Question 9

Advantage and disadvantage of LONGITUDINAL STUDIES?

Answer 9

A: data can be compared as its over a long period of time
D: people may withdraw from the study over time

Question 10

Advantage and disadvantage of GROUP INTERVIEWS?

Answer 10

A: access a wide range of views at the same time, saving time
D: interviewees may influence each other’s responses

Question 11

Advantage and disadvantage of PARTICIPANT/OVERT OBSERVATION?

Answer 11

A: build a rapport with participant
D: observer effect

Question 12

Advantage and disadvantage of NON-PARTICIPANT/COVERT OBSERVATION?

Answer 12

A: no observer effect
D: may not understand things fully and cannot ask to understand

Question 13

Advantage and disadvantage of CONTENT ANALYSIS?

Answer 13

A: produces quantitative data so can be compared easily
D: involves subjective judgements so may not be reliable - it is also time consuming

Question 14

Advantage and disadvantage of ETHNOGRAPHY? (Highly detailed accounts of how people live)

Answer 14

A: Provides in-depth, detailed and qualitative data
D: Ethical issues with regard to privacy/time consuming

Question 15

Advantage and disadvantage of CASE STUDY?

Answer 15

A: in-depth, qualitative data which increases validity
D: like a snapshot is only one example of a specific time - likely to change and no longer be valid