CC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Uniform Crime Reports, Participant Observation, Male Prostitution
Document Summary
~ central focuses measure the prevalence and extent of criminal behaviour. ~ importance of visitors for prisoners - psychologically adjusting to prison life, maintaining and building upon community connections. ~ examine a significant # of people in efficient manner - easily analyzable data. ~ random sample - carefully chosen so it"s actually representative. ~ issues explored: provide info on attitudes of subjects, gather info on beliefs, sample members explored, examine behaviours of sample members. ~ open-ended q"s - allow subjects to fill in the blanks , give more detailed info. ~ records info about criminal events collected by police departments. ~ significant # of crimes not reported - reasons: fear reprisal from criminals, some do not trust police, feel that complaint will be viewed as frivolous, victim is deceased. ~ intended to measure reported crime and crime of the hidden figure. ~ provide easily accessible national and local crime data.
