CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shoplifting, Victimology, Homicide
20 Feb 2015
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Researching crime: direct observation (ethnographic research, experimental observation, police reports, victimization surveys self-report surveys. Direct observation: not necessarily the most efficient way to study crime, criminal events occur with relative infrequency, criminals spend a lot of their time doing same things as normal. The secret lives of criminals: criminal behaviour tends to be secretive in nature, criminals go out of their way to avoid observation or detection, however, if conducted successfully, ethnographic researchers . Issues of informed consent if you tell the subject wt you re going to do they may refuse , or alter their behavior. If you encourage subjects to break the law, you may be breaking the law yourself. The uniform crime report: in canada, police-recorded crime statistics have been collected and published since 1921"". In 1962, canada implemented the uniform crime report (ucr: most common data used by criminologists and criminal justice personnel when estimating crime rates.
