SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Victimless Crime, Electroconvulsive Therapy, General Social Survey

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Crime and criminal justice gen and specific: self report surveys. Class did not determine if your committed a crime or not. Authorities, racial minorities more likely to come to the attention of police, police more likely to pursue these people for crime. Absent, omits people who are away during these day. Concealment, people do not report the full extent of the crimes they have committed: victimization surveys. Report people that have been victimized by a crime. Useful to see people perceptions of crimes. 70-90% of sexual assaults not reported ( the most underreported crime) Might have been and not aware it is an actual crime. Some more likely to report than others. Determine the best way to find something out. Doesn"t mean you can access the answer. Why countries have higher rates of crimes than others. Canada has higher rate of breaking and entering than in the u. s. Independent (cause of something) and dependant (effect of something) variables.