SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Randomness, Asexuality
8 Mar 2018
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Putting pressure on the victims and the perpetrator. Reduce punishment to decrease the number of underreported cases. Criminologists relied upon the state for official crime statics - however they are extremely flawed. The most accurate way to determine crime statistics. Findings show a much higher rate of crime than given by the canadian government. Randomness refers to everyone in the population having an equal chance to be selected. Time sensitivity: while the size is important the sample does not need to be high. More and more people are choosing to be common law married or live separately - time does place a huge role as norms continue to change - longitudinal research. Victimization surveys: since over 50% are unreported then we need another method to record and learn the truth. Official rates for reported crime show an include and a peek at 91" and has dropped significantly since that.
