CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Brantford Expositor, Guelph Mercury, National Post
CC100: Intro to Criminology
Michelle Dumas
Tuesday Feb 27th, 2018
Newspaper Assignment
- Follow instructions
- Only submission is an electronic copy in the Dropbox (MyLS): in Word
format only
- Keep in one file, with last name in title of file (Title page required)
- You will see your score (you can submit multiple copies)
Objective & Grade
- Apply a theoretical concept to a real life news story (x5)
- 1 newspaper article (story) with 1 concept
o x5 (5 unique articles and 5 unique concepts)
o Start each one on new page
- Each write-up: 20 marks
- Assignment: out of 100
- Worth: 40% (average last year: 70.2%)
Newspapers- can be used
- The Globe and Mail
- National Post
- Toronto Star
- Brantford Expositor
- Guelph Mercury
Organization of write-up
1) Summary (3 marks)
- Should be brief, but enough that ) get the just of the story
- Should be at max a half-page
2) Concept Defined (3 marks)
- As complete as possible (include theorist/theory for full marks)
- If there are two or more parts to explaining the concept, all must be
included
- Can use: textbook, other academic books, journal articles, lecture material
- Do not use websites for definitions (-5% each)
3) Analysis/connection (10 marks)
- Sell me on why this is best concept for story
- Be as explicit as possible (do not leave it up to reader to make connection)
- Explain
- Spell it out: technique
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- If you are repeating paragraphs 1 & 2 while adding on, you are on the right
track
Writing mark (3 marks)
- Other marks: grammar/spelling, follow instructions, etc.
- Do not use contractions do not instead of don’t
- Avoid use of slang, American spelling
- Not following instructions: loss of 3 marks
- Use of first person: allowed
- (owever, avoid ) believe and ) think
Citing:
- Proper APA referencing (1 mark)
- Citing: APA in-text (Author, Year: pg/par#/date)
o Lectures in-text: (Dumas, Week X) – to save space
o Owl Purdue (in-text)
Bibliography (Reference Cited page)
- Should be listed alphabetically & single spaced
- Need full citation, including URL if using newspaper’s online source
- Location: before itemized list of articles, after assignment
Researching & Measuring Crime
Types of Crime
1) Street crime (conventional)
- Offenders (common)
- Responsibility
- Two main categories (violence & property)
- Criminal Justice system
Categories of Crime
2) White-collar crime
- Offenders
- Occupation
- 2 main categories (white-collar & corporate)
- Criminal Justice system
Researching Crime
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- Two major aspects of design:
o 1) Specify what you want to find out
o 2) Determine best way to do it
- Example: corruption in government
Main Purposes of Research
- 1. Exploration: exploring topic, relatively new or old topic which has
changed, want to see what the change is, gets done a lot in market
research
- 2. Description: describe characteristics of crime,
- 3. Explanation: trying to answer question of why? Explaining crime
Modes of Observation
A. Experiments (Positivistic approach)
- Suited for: hypothesis and casual testing
- 1) Independent & Dependent variables (cause & effect)
- 2) Pre-testing & Post-testing
- 3) Experimental & Control Groups
- Advantages: isolate variable, often replicate experiments over time
- Disadvantages: often done in laboratory setting, not duplicating real
world
B. Quantitative Analysis (Surveys)
- Empirical
- Surveys: mail, in person, by phone, electronically
- Statistical analysis (proportions, regression, rates
- Reliability
- Strengths: very useful in large populations
- Weaknesses: people who answer may be answering the best, not what it
is
C. Qualitative Analysis (Observation)
- Participant (non-participant) observation
- In-depth interviews (open-ended questions)
- Case studies
- Ethnography Whyte’s Street Corner Society, 1955
- Field research (labour)
- Validity (measure)
- Strengths: observe people who are going about with natural ways of
doing things, people who are unable to fill out surveys, catch rich detail
- Weaknesses: sample sizes are too small, cannot generalize for large
populations, dangerous for researchers
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Document Summary
Only submission is an electronic copy in the dropbox (myls): in word format only. Keep in one file, with last name in title of file (title page required) You will see your score (you can submit multiple copies) Apply a theoretical concept to a real life news story (x5) 1 newspaper article (story) with 1 concept: x5 (5 unique articles and 5 unique concepts, start each one on new page. Should be brief, but enough that ) get the (cid:498)just(cid:499) of the story. As complete as possible (include theorist/theory for full marks) If there are two or more parts to explaining the concept, all must be. Can use: textbook, other academic books, journal articles, lecture material. Do not use websites for definitions (-5% each) Organization of write-up: summary (3 marks, concept defined (3 marks) included, analysis/connection (10 marks) Sell me on why this is best concept for story.
