A researcher gives 400 Year 10 pupils an anonymous questionnaire. It lists 15 offences, such as shoplifting and vandalism, and asks each pupil to tick every offence they have committed in the past 12 months.
Evaluate the use of self-report to measure crime in this study.
41 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.1 Key Concepts, covering 1.1.1 Types of crime, 1.1.2 Crime as a social construct, and 1.1.3 How crime is measured. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.