CRI205H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participant Observation, Environmental Crime, Homicide
16 Nov 2020
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Cri205 lecture 2: research methods and crime statistics. The vast majority of canadians believe that violent crime has increased significantly over the past decade. Measurement strategies for criminologists: official crime data, court data, corrections data, historical analysis, content analysis, case studies. Official data - 4 major sources: ucr data - uniform crime reports. Interpol statistics: coroner"s reports, world health organization data, homicide statistics are considered most accurate, not only reported by police, but also coroners. 100% compliance tare from 1800 different police agencies across the country. National and regional crime reports are released to the public every year. More detailed info on offender and victim characteristics, offender- victim relationship, time and location of crime, etc. Which city is more violent: big town - population 2million, 250 murders. The crime rate: crime rate = number of crimes (count) / population size x 100,000. Bigtown has homicide rate of 12. 5 per 100,000.
