CRIM 220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Comedy Club, Internal Validity, Time Point

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 220
• Professor: William Glackman

Document Summary

We fail to observe things right in front of us & mistakenly observe things that aren"t so: ex: do you recall what your professor was wearing the 1st day of class, overgeneralization. We look for patterns among the specific things we observe, and often assume that a few similar events are evidence of a general pattern: ex: sergeant asks rookie officer to discuss major problems on the beat. Rookie officer speaks to 1 manager and is told that vandalism is the problem, but other managers say its drug dealing and burglary: republication. Repeating a search study to test findings of an earlier study, under different conditions & groups. Helps support earlier findings or cause us to question the accuracy of an earlier study: selective observations. Everyone has their own view on death penalty, gun control, etc. as approaches to reduce crime. Most of us have our own beliefs articles of faith are compared with experience: too err is human.