Cambridge study in delinquent development
-What it is?
-Loads of material available
-Ensure you use reliable resources
Think about sampling and design
-Who gets to be included?
-What about prolific offenders?
-How is the information gathered?
-Self-reported interviews
-How might this affect what is reported?
How valid/reliable are the responses
-How honest/accurate will respondents be? – raises issues of reliability/validity
-Young males may exaggerate
-Older people may play down their involvement in crime
-How will perceptions of crime affect the responses?
-Some crimes are more accurately reported than others
PUT MORE FOCUS ON ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SUCH SURVEY
Crimes that don’t come to the notice of the police or victims
Cantor, D., and Lynch, J. (2000) Self-Report Surveys as Measures of Crime and Criminal Victimization
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