SOCIOL 3410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: National Incident Based Reporting System, National Crime Victimization Survey, Malum Prohibitum
29 Sep 2016
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September 30: what is criminology and ethics, crime. Kind of harmful act; intentional violation of law that is punishable by statute. Scientific approach to studying criminal behavior (qualitative and quantitative: ethical issues. Heinous discovery = need to balance between confidentiality and law. Primary sources of crime data: uniform crime report (ucr) Collected annually by fbi; represents 96% of us population. Reports on number and rate of various offenses; clearance rates. Includes: crimes against people (part i) and public order and property (part ii) Underreports crime because only counts most serious crime committed within a single event. Soc 3410: national incident based reporting system (nibrs) Only 25% population reports (b/c time consuming: national crime victimization survey (ncvs) Good data for underreported crimes: self-report crime surveys. Convenience sample (usually high schoolers or college students) Early schools of criminology: pre-classical (before 18th century) Free will unrestrained ability to act: cesare breccaria. Citizens give up certain rights for state protection.
