Starter quiz
- Who enforces the law in the UK?
- 'Police' ✓
- Whose responsibility is it to report crime?
- The government
- Everyone ✓
- The police
- All legal adults
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- Which human right is supported by the media?
- Freedom of information ✓
- Right to peacefully assemble
- Right to privacy
- Freedom of religion
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- What is the purpose of 999?
- For citizens to report non-urgent crime
- For the police to monitor urgent crimes
- For the government to track crime figures
- For citizens to report urgent crime ✓
- For the police to track non-urgent crime
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- What word best describes the factors that lead to crime?
- complex ✓
- cautionary
- catastrophic
- callous
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- Which is not an example of media?
- Local news show
- Social media
- Word of mouth ✓
- National newspaper
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Exit quiz
- There are two ways in which crime is recorded, via police data and ...
- 'crime surveys ' ✓
- Match the word to its definition.
- NCRS⇔principles that ensure police record all reported crimes accurately ✓
- crime survey⇔an interview that asks people about their experiences of crime ✓
- media⇔television, radio, social media and printed media ✓
- Which statement about police recorded crime data is false?
- it follows NCRS' principles
- it includes non-reported crimes ✓
- it must be investigated
- it must be reported within 24 hours
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- Which statement about crime surveys is false?
- it is anonymous
- it involves a representative sample
- it relies on memory
- it can be recorded via the police station ✓
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- Complete the sentence, how a police officer decides to record a crime can be based on subjective...
- juristriction
- judiciary
- judgement ✓
- jubilee
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- Which statement is an example of how the media can influence people to not report crime?
- Under reporting crimes ✓
- Over reporting crimes
- Awareness campaigns
- High profile cases
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- All crimes that are reported must be recorded as either crime or non-crime incidents.
- There are two ways in which crime is recorded, via police data and crime surveys.
- Crime figures are not necessarily always accurate as not all crime is reported.
- The media can impact perception of crime and therefore crime reporting.
Common misconception
Crime figures are 100% accurate.
Not all crime is reported, so crime figures can only provide an estimate.
Keywords
Ncrs - National Crime Recording Standards; principles that ensure police record all reported crimes accurately and consistently across the UK
Crime survey - an interview that asks people about their experiences of crime, including those not reported to the police
Media - television, radio, social media and printed media which can reach a large number of people
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