SOC101Y1 Lecture : measuring crime and deviance
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Measuring crime and deviance: we get out information from statistics, police reports, literary sources, internet, popular culture, interviews with everyday people, self-report surveys, institutions such as mental or hospitals, historical records, historical criminal justice records, official data. Sources of data: uniform crime reports (ucr, standardized ounts of crims known to the police, national statistics about crime rates that we keep through statistics. Murder rate in toronto- 60 murders is the event , population is 2 mil and multiply that by www. notesolution. com. Self-report crime surveys: ask people to report their own criminal behavior, questions target a fixed period of time, deal with people"s direct experience (avoid crime funnel problems) Victimization surveys: direct measures: economic loss, physical injury, property damage at the hands of another. Indirect measures: measure fear of crime and it"s effects on one"s life: anxiety, behavioural change, fear stems from victimization, contact with victims, media or witnessing crime, people go to great lengths to avoid victimization.
