CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: General Social Survey, Sexual Assault, Property Crime
22 Sep 2016
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Not necessarily the most efficient manner to research crime. Criminals spend a lot of their time doing same things as non-criminals. Researchers may end up being victims themselves in they hang out in high crime areas. Issues of informed consent (if you tell the subjects what you"re going to do, they may refuse, or alter their behavior) If you encourage subjects to break the law, you may be breaking the law yourself: aiding and abetting are criminal offences. Wide variations in reporting practices across the country. Professionalism and degree of organization of particular police department may be a factor. The crime funnel: describes attrition rate as reported crimes make their way through the criminal justice system, most crimes known to the police, nobody gets arrested, arrest usually does not lead to a trial or a guilty plea. Official crime rates usually based on the uniform crime report (ucr) Criminologists also look at the general social survey (gss)
