Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culpable Homicide, Property Crime, Canada Men'S National Soccer Team
1 Feb 2018
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Classi cation of crime: violent crime, homicide, culpable homicide - blame worthy (1. murder, 2. infanticide, 3. Validity - we are measuring what we say we are measuring. Reliability - if we repeat the study the results will be consistent. Police priorities: in 1980s the war on drugs" began - number of people who were incarcerated for drugs skyrocketed. The kids that are most delinquent aren"t lling out the survey because they are skipping school. Usefulness of crime statistics: describes the nature and extent of crime, provides empirical data to support criminological theory development, assists with social policy and program evaluation, provides a picture of risk. Race & crime: stats generally lacking except for aboriginal persons, whoa re over represented in the. Two explanations of overrepresentation of minorities in the cjs: Di erential o ending hypothesis - di erence between racial groups because they have di erent incidence, levels of seriousness, and persistence of o ending patters.
