CRM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blogosphere, Meta-Analysis, Juvenile Court
6 Apr 2016
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Week 4- february 3 & 5: using secondary research and official data. Original research data is known as primary research data. Secondary research involves the analysis of data that has been collected previously. Researchers also combine primary and secondary research. The blogosphere two main sources: official data and unofficial data. Fussey and crowther-dowey: existing official and recorded crime statistics is the first port of call in many media and populist descriptions of crime. Being available and amenable to secondary analysis, this data is easy to access and extremely informative when developing your research projects around crime and justice. > victimization surveys: uniform crime reporting survey (ucr, crime severity index (csi) Ucr survey data reflects reported crime that has been substantiated through police investigation from all separate federal, provincial and municipal police services in canada. Ucr data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated by police.
