SOCL 3510 Chapter : Socl 3510 Criminal Violence
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What is violence: forces of nature, tornadoes, hurricanes, sports, rugby, football, ultimate fighting, psychological, animals, against animals or by animal, dog fighting, killing for eating, dog bites, corporate, corporate deviance, ford pinto case. If the pinto was hit a certain way it would burst into flames and people couldn"t get out. Look at the interactions between people and develop a shared outlook of society: social reality, social construction. Things that put us at risk of victimization. Obstacles to valid and reliable data: some forms are rare, not easy to observe because of setting, many go unreported, may be normalized for some groups, offenders have motive to conceal violence. Types of violent crime: uniform crime report (does not necessarily match up with the law in a particular state) June 12, 2013: so we can target criminal justice resources, so we can ameliorate human suffering, and so on . 3 classes of data: official data, victimization surveys, self-report surveys.
