CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Class, Structural Change
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It is reasonable to suggest that any statement made about crime should be tested by referring to the facts about crime. What we measure (and how we measure it) depends on how we define crime. Official crime rates in canada are measured by statistics canada through the uniform. Crime rates and descriptions are tabulated based on the annual collection from official police reports. Rejects the idea that our devices for measuring crime can reveal the true extent of criminal behaviour. Vies crime measurement as having elements of social processes and have a grounded reality. Measuring crime from this perspective strives to reveal typically underrepresented or ignore crimes (crimes against vulnerable groups. Brown (1979) describes these representations of society. Triangle (conflict, inequality, and injustice in society) Non geometric forms (focuses on the way individuals construct their realities. Three broad perspectives influence how we view crime: the conservative perspective supports traditional ways of doing things (the status quo)
