Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Old Testament, Sexual Assault, General Social Survey
15 May 2020
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Soc 2266 intro to crim reading week 2 chapter 2; crime stats. Old testament accounts of enumerations of the hebrews provided evidence of middle eastern census taking thousands of years ago: ex. The incas (pre-columbian indigenous empire in south america) required successive census reports to be recorded on the knotted strings called quipas: demographics: the characteristics of population groups, usually expressed in statistical forms. Sources of crime stats: ucr uniform crime report survey: a summation of crime stats tallied annually by the. Canadian center for justice stats (cjss) and consisting primarily of data on crimes reported to the police. Initiated in 1961 through the efforts of stats canada and the canadian. Association of chiefs of police: provides a standardized procedure by which police departments across canada can collect info about crimes that come to their attention and report it to stats. Shifted the emphasis of data collection away from summary/aggregate collection to include incident-based collection.
