SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Desroches Island, Summary Offence, Fellatio
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Replicating a study to determine reliability and validity of results: if i did the study the way he/she did, would the results look the same? , determining patterns and anomalies. Voyeur role not present in desroches" study (almost not possible in shopping mall because it would look strange; physical structure not like a park you can"t creep people in a public washroom in a wall too well) Desroches" utilized case filed (available data) and police interviews to cross check humphrey"s findings (interviewed. 15 officers and looked at their case files of individuals) Isolation/remote (85-90% for tea room use) washrooms are down corridors, in basements, just out of the way. Public parking; thousands of spaces available for parking, more difficult to be spotted. Age and occupation age 41 years (humphrey"s was 34: can be explained by aging population and year of study, only 2 teenagers involved age 14 and 17.
