CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Determinism, Verstehen
24 Jul 2020
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Criminology: often hidden behaviour, witnessed behaviour, second-hand observations, police data, but problems, often relying on a self-report system, however, data gets lost, things are not recorded, people don"t accurately give to proper information without some sort of bias. Studying research methods: research methods: techniques to produce knowledge surveys, experiments, interviews, methodology: study of methods, underlying assumptions about knowledge creation, scientific inquiry & types of knowledge. Fake new": deliberately inaccurate, often with partisan edge, contrasts with reliable, accurate, verified info, usually created in order to favour a certain side or source, sources try to sway our interests and beliefs. Religious figures, media professionals, parents, it seems to be true when someone of authority is saying it. Types of knowledge tradition: knowledge grounded in past, practices, e. g. belief earth is flat, some traditional knowledge is factual, to when extent these ideas supported by fact, ex. Early deviance to blame on the devil etc: ex.
