POLS 3210 Lecture 3: Lecture 2_40
24 Jan 2019
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A: no, we know this because critical sociological approach. Perspective that we adopt and it differs because it puts individual in larger context to understand their behaviour. Contextualize the data to understand why it seems high and why other factors contribute to it. Come up with 2 mitigating factors: increase in overall population throughout time, and changes to youth justice system: increase in population overall. Total number of people increase = total crime increase because there are more people to engage in crime. How do we account for increases in population over time: comparing standardized rates, comparing/examining proportions, changes in youth justice system. Label given to our inability to remember crime at certain times, frame of reference can"t go far back. Golden age exists in people"s frame of reference if event didn"t happen in their period of time. Crime waves = increased funding for police activities. 7 and under are exempt from the law.
