CRCJ 1000 Lecture 4: Criminology Week 4 September 29th.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

Week 4: crime statistics and victimology http://prezi. com/8d9biodtn6hl/week-4-crime-statistics-and-victimology/? utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy. Media critiques generally founded on idea that the public doesn"t know the realities of crime in canada because of the media . We know more about criminology in society now than ever before ex. crime mapping tool in the ottawa police website information itself has been more readably available now than ever before. Statistics are never really objective there is an area of error (where what the person said is false?) Categories (what is and isn"t a gang member) is decided by society and therefore not objective. Statistics emerged in a social context and only understood in a social context. Statistics and governance: statistical realties of these statistics have never been more known than it is now crime stats ex. Map tool, has a huge influence on how the society will be governed and how much you will pay for insurance, housing pricing (predicted company based on stats for the future)