SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Child Abduction, The Denver Post, Child Abuse
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Soc212 week three september 27th, 2016. Majority of offences are relatively minor that are reported. Small amount of youth that reported robbery, it was still higher than the official stats. Another method to get at the dark figure of crime. No one will remember how many time they"ve used marijuana in the past year. Delbert elliot: studied kids ages 11 to 17 and followed them for 4 years, didn"t it administer it in school, did it in home, made sure items he included were also in ucr statistics, except homicide. John hagen: did similar study in canada. People likely to report auto-theft (insurance) and homicide (can"t just leave the body lying around) these are fairly accurate in the official stats. Media: how much crime and deviance people perceive: what the media reports on is vastly different. Observation: hang out in low-life bar and see what"s going on, but this is limited only to what you can see to visible activities.
