CRM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Illegal Entry, Cluster Sampling, Operational Definition

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2303
• Professor: Holly Johnson

Document Summary

Good example of a highly structured questionnaire conducted by telephone interviews. Smaller strata (eg. , pei) were over-sampled; larger strata under-sampled. One household member (age 15 and older) randomly selected to participate. Weighted by sex, age, region to conform to the population. Excludes households without landlines, with cell phones only. Excludes those in institutions, university residences, homeless, those not fluent in english or french. Motor vehicle and theft of vehicle parts. Robbery (theft or attempted theft in which the perpetrator had a weapon or there was violence or the threat of violence) During the past 12 months, did anyone take or try to take something from you by force or threat of force: yes, no, don"t know, refused. Break and enter (illegal entry or attempted entry into a residence or other building on the victim"s property) Vandalism (willful damage of personal or household property) Threatened to hit you with his fist or anything else that could hurt you.