SOC227 Lecture Notes - Forensic Anthropology, Visible Minority, Ipsos

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC227
• Professor: Addie Nelson

Document Summary

Topic: public fascination with crime in general and violent crime in particular. Statistics canada"s time-use survey: most common leisure-time activity of canadians. Culture statistics program"s television project: average hours of viewing: 22 hrs. per week. U. s. : prosecutors have blamed csi effect for cases being dismissed or the accused acquitted when there is a lack of forensic evidence presented in court. Survey conducted in maricopa county, arizona: jurors indicated disappointment when there was a lack of forensic evidence at the trial they sat on. One episode of csi: ~ million to produce (equal to annual budget of a real lab) Study by criminologist jean-paul brodeur of 153 homicides committed in montreal between. 1990-2001: forensic evidence used in only 0. 7% of cases. *misleading impression of how criminal/forensic investigations really take place: canadian auditor general"s report: crime lab work takes between 80-188 days. Durkheim: crime functional : response to crime leads to social stability by drawing group together against offender.