CRIM 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Artificial Insemination, Policy Analysis, Fot

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

Document Summary

Chapter 1: crime, criminal justice, and scientific inquiry. Cj professionals = consumers and producers of research. Understanding research methods: decision makers are better equipped to critically evaluate research reports and to recognize when methods are properly and improperly applied. Experiential reality: the things we know from direct experience. Ex: traditional beliefs about patrol effectiveness, response time, and detective work. Ag(cid:396)ee(cid:373)e(cid:374)t ealit(cid:455): thi(cid:374)gs (cid:449)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) (cid:396)eal is (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e(cid:859)(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) told the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e (cid:396)eal a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e else see(cid:373)s to ag(cid:396)ee that they are indeed real. Product of what other people have told us. Research projects that produced alternative views about each law enforcement practice. Empirical research: when knowledge is based on what we experience. Science approach to both agreement reality and experiential reality. An assertion must have both logical and empirical support. Must makes sense, and agree with actual observations. Methodology: the study of methods used to understand something the science of finding out.