Studying Deviance

Studying Deviance

1. Official Statistics

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) Numerical data Government money for normal jobs
   • Sociological categories of crime
     • Property Crimes
       • Burglary - Vandalism - Arson - Theft
     • Crimes Against the Person
       • Robbery - Rape - Murder - Assault
     • Victimless Crimes
       • Drugs - Sex - Gambling
   • Stengths
     • Fast - Cheap - Longitudinal - Breadth
   • Weaknesses
     • Validity - Change - Data Gathering - Self interpretation

2. Career Of Crime

   • Unrecognized - Unreported - Unrecorded

3. Survey and Field Research

   • Survey Research most popular
     • Four Steps - Questionnaire - Sampling - Mode of Administration - Coding & Analysis
   • Field Research
     • Participant observation field research
       • Four Features - Choose topic/personal bio - Gaining Entree - Forging trust - Developing Analysis

4. Child Abuse Reporting

   • Laws to report maltreatment - Reportable condition expanded
   • Report - Physical abuse - Sexual Abuse - Physical neglect - Exploitation - Emotional maltreatment
   • Due to reporting Laws child neglect deaths have fallen from 300-5000 per year to 1000 annually
   • Unreported cases
     • 500,000 cases unreported (1986) - 2,000 with observable signs - 100,000 with moderate signs - 30,000 sexually abuses
   • Unsubstantiated Reports
     • 60 to 65 closed finding of unfounded - 700,000 families investigated of unfounded reports - Case workers overwhelmed 25% to 50% death of children previously known

5. Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans

   • Skepticism about national survey of sex behavior
     • Hard to find participants- wont answer honestly - Marginalized - Little prior research - Exceptions are adolescene
   • National Health and Social Life Survey
     • Probability sampling used - No other scientifically acceptable way
     • Every sample produces a slightly different estimate - Subpopulations become important determinant of sample size
   • Gaining Cooperation The Response Rate
     • No survey is able to get every sampling - Face-to-face 75% of target - Missing 25% pose a serious issue of reliability
     • 75% do not lead to biased results - NHSLS study response rate of 80% but was expensive

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