SOC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iceberg, General Social Survey, Deeper Understanding

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2010
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Primary methods of measuring crime: of cial statistics. Ucr2 also includes data on victims and accused (e. g. gender, relationship) In 2014, there were 516 homicides in canada. In 2014, the canadian homicide rate was 1. 45 per 100,000. What counts as a crime changes over time (marijuana) Not all crimes are reported to the police (domestic violence) Iceberg metaphor- the tip of the iceberg is reported the rest of the iceberg is all the unreported crimes. Questionnaires that ask participants about offences they have committed. Intended to capture information about crimes that may not have come to the attention of the police (dark figure) This helps with criminologists discover why crime may occur. Validity: the truth of a measure, are we measuring what we think we are measuring. Researchers have to explain to people exactly what they are interested in. Can only ask so many questions: victimization surveys. General social survey (gss) largest and most well known in canada.