CRI205H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Data Analysis, Scientific Method, Hedonism
10 Nov 2020
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Telescoping: makes answers closer in time than when it really took place. Stranger crimes are more likely to take place. Weaknesses of surveys: sampling issues (sample size, response rate, missing cases, etc. ). Samples must be random: as people who don"t take part in surveys more likely to be criminals than those who do, under-reporting, over-reporting (including the problem of telescoping, questioning issues (respondent comprehension, types of crime documented, etc. ) Ethnography/participant observation: field research that focuses on studying how people live and interact in a specific area, focus is understanding the lived experiences of participants, focus on how people make sense of their own lives and. Disturbing trends: violent crime more likely to take place in public spaces, violence more likely to involve firearms, apparent increase in gang activity, the most economically disadvantaged communities are highly racialized. Basic components of criminological theory: explanatory frameworks, research strategies data collection, data analysis and interpretation, reformulation of ideas, policy implications.
