CRIM 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Crime Survey For England And Wales, Stamped Envelope, Social Desirability Bias
12 Feb 2018
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Asking people questions is the most common data collection method in social science: survey research is perhaps the most frequently used mode of observation. Topics appropriate to survey research surveys have a wide variety of uses in basic and applied criminal justice research: one or more individual people act as respondent or informant. Counting crime: victim surveys have become important sources of data about the volume of crime in the us and other countries. Perceptions and attitudes: another application of surveys in cj is to learn how people feel about crime and cj policy, views about sentencing policies, gun control, polic performance, drug abuse. Other evaluation uses: surveys can be used to evaluate policy that seeks to change attitudes, beliefs, or perceptions. General-purpose crime surveys these surveys are designed for more than one of the purposes mentioned: ncvs has traditionally focused on countering crime. Make items clear: questionnaire items must be clear and unambiguous.
