SOCI 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Feminist Theory, New York City Police Department, Carnal Knowledge

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 304
• Professor: Holly Foster

Document Summary

Learning objective 1: discuss the various forms of crime data. Primary sources of crime data are surveys and official record. Nibrs national incident-based reporting system: collects data from each reported crime incident. Main problem is the validity of data: survey research, people are asked about attitudes, beliefs, values, and characteristics, as well as their experience with crime and victimization, the national crime victimization survey (ncvs) Nationwide survey of more than 90,000 households across the u. s. Watch the video what is the national crime victimization survey? about the nvs at http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=cxfimluikaq: in this interview, janet lauritsen, ph. d. , professor of criminology and criminal justice at the university of missouri st. Louis, explains the survey data collection process, the process for coding the different types of crime reported during the survey interviews, and the special types of crimes that the survey measures, such as series victimization. Asks people to describe their participation in criminal activity.