CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: National Incident Based Reporting System, Crime Prevention, The Offence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Wayne Hanniman

Document Summary

Identify the strengths and weakness of the four primary methods criminologists use to measure and count crime. Understand and appreciate the importance of official and unofficial sources of crime data in criminology. Define and be able to apply the concepts of validity and reliability". Understand what a crime severity index" measures. Calculate a crime rate per 100,000 pop. Recognize patterns and trends in canadian crime rates. Intro: people think crime rates are high but they"re not (perreault & brennan) Tough on crime suggests a disconnection bc it"s too harsh on sentencing. The cost of crim institutions has a high expenditure = low rate (only slightly lower than 1960) Why criminologist need crime date o"grady (2011) measuring crime . Crime data : researchers use crime data to measure the frequency & severity of criminal events and inform public policy on repeated trials (consistent)