Lesson 6.5
6.5 Sources of data on crime Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Sociology, Unit 6
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The 20 questions
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What do official crime statistics primarily measure?
- Police-recorded crimes
- Self-reported offences
- The dark figure
- All committed crimes
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What do victim surveys primarily measure?
- Only official convictions
- Corporate fraud trends
- Unreported crimes
- Police bias rates
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What do respondents do in a self-report study?
- Publish official data
- Admit offences anonymously
- Judge court cases
- Record police arrests
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What term describes unrecorded and unreported offences?
- Victim survey
- White-collar crime
- Dark figure
- Official statistic
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Which category includes hidden corporate fraud?
- Victim survey crime
- Recorded street crime
- Official crime
- Invisible crime
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How can police bias affect crime statistics?
- Stopping victim surveys
- Over-recording certain groups
- Preventing dark figures
- Eliminating all crime
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How do moral panics typically affect crime figures?
- Improve survey accuracy
- Decrease total offences
- End corporate crime
- Increase targeted arrests
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What is a defining feature of unreported crime in official statistics?
- Recorded by courts
- Hidden from police
- Always resulting in arrest
- Committed by elites
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Police record 300 burglaries, while a victim survey estimates 1,200 burglaries occurred. What percentage of burglaries went unrecorded?
- 75 per cent
- 50 per cent
- 25 per cent
- 90 per cent
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Which source best reveals hidden domestic abuse?
- Victim surveys
- Official statistics
- Court sentencing data
- Police charge sheets
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What does a rise in recorded hate crime often reflect?
- Accurate victim surveys
- Decreased reporting
- Better police recording
- Zero actual offences
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What is the main strength of anonymous self-reports?
- Mandatory court trials
- Zero data errors
- Greater respondent honesty
- Official police backing
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What problem arises when police staffing is cut?
- Dark figures disappear
- Actual crime vanishes
- Recorded crime falls
- Victim surveys stop
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Why are shoplifting statistics generally less reliable than murder rates?
- Murders are never solved
- Police ignore murders
- Shoplifting is legal
- Minor thefts go unreported
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What might explain falling official figures alongside stable surveys?
- Reduced public reporting
- Eliminated dark figures
- Increased police staffing
- Mandatory reporting laws
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Which term describes white-collar crimes that are not recorded in official statistics?
- Invisible crime
- Street crime
- Secondary data
- Public data
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What is the main benefit of comparing police records and surveys?
- Reveals dark figures
- Removes all bias
- Guarantees 100% accuracy
- Replaces court trials
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What is a major limitation of official crime statistics according to sociologists?
- Absolute statistical neutrality
- Direct victim interviews
- Agency recording decisions
- Complete population coverage
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Which term describes crimes that are committed but never reported or recorded?
- Dark figure
- Moral panic
- Self-report study
- Official statistic
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What usually happens to recorded crime figures immediately after a new law is passed?
- They disappear
- They halve
- They stay identical
- They increase
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