CRIM 416 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: General Social Survey, Regression Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling
19 Sep 2017
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Eg. include violence between dating partners, violence between persons who are related but do not. Both violence and family should be concerned in relatively broad terms share same home. Violence seen as a broad category; might include . How family violence is defined, operationalized, and measured significantly affects estimates. Several sources; no single best strategy: official records. National incidence study of child abuse and neglect. Active and annual data on homicide in canada. Collected systematically, regularly, and are provided by more than 16k police agencies. Females consistently at higher risk of being victims of violence. 2 versions of the ucr collection instrument: ucr aggregate (ucr 1. 0) survey, ucr2 incident-based survey. Collects info only on crimes that come to the attention of the police. Police-reported data on the characteristics of all murders, victims, and accuseds: charged/suspect. Contacts between battered women"s shelters and local police agencies. But also the agents responsible for acting on behaviour (eg. police, social workers)
