CJ 2597 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ride Along (Film), Nomothetic, Causal Reasoning
2 Feb 2020
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Science aspect: collect observations + research about criminal justice, analyze results of findings. Studies: used to prove how we know what we know . Professionals in field: consumers and producers of research. Agreement reality - common knowledge about different parts of reality. Ex. we all die if we don"t breathe. Ex. results of sporting events prove success of teams. Questioned if crime would reduce with increase in police presence (assumed as solution) Results: amount of police did not affect crime rates; civilian survey concluded that had no awareness in change of patrol volume. Experiment: disperse police force across different zone areas - increases, elimination, or no change in amount of officers. Proving truths to be realities using discoveries and data - otherwise considered to be assumptions. Must have logical support with empirical data. Ex. theory: more ice cream consumption means increase in crime. Reality: increases in temperature means more people are outside, increase in consumption occurs in periods with more.
