In this podcast Steve Taylor outlines some advantages and disadvantages of survey research (using the example of the British Crime Survey victimisation study) as applied to crime and deviance.

Key concepts covered in this podcast:

• Survey Research

• Interviews

• Questionnaires

• British Crime Surveys

• Official Crime Statistics

• Dark Figure of Crime

• Victim Studies

• Reliability

• Validity

• Repeat Victimisation

• Interview Effect