Studying Deviance

Studying Deviance

1. Accurate and reliable knowledge about deviance

2. Social Data Sources

   • Offical Statistics
     • complid by various government organizations
     • Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs)
   • Survey Research
     • Data gathered through large -scale questionnaire surveys
   • Field research
     • Researchers become intimately familiar with subjects lives
     • Ethnography

3. Strengths and Weakness of Social Data Sources

   • Field Research
     • Low cost,
     • Long Time
     • Subjective approach
   • Official Statistics
     • Free/Cheap
     • Low Accuracy
     • Short Time
   • Survey Research
     • High Cost
     • High Generalizability
     • Objective Approach

4. Stages of Field Research

   • The Convert Role
   • The Overt Role
   • Developing Trust
   • Cross-Checking

5. Survey Research

   • Questionnarie
     • Content and quality of information
   • Sample Design
   • Mode of Administration
     • Face-to-face, telephone, or self-administrated
   • Coding and Analysis
   • Gaining cooperation

6. Child Abuse Reporting

   • Law passed that all professional must report child abuse
     • Sexual Abuse
       • Physical Abuse
         • Emotional
           • Exploitation
             • Physical neglect
     • Many children have been saved from serious injury and even death
   • Unreported cases
     • Unfounded
       • Unsubstantiated
       • Cases dismissed after investigation due to lack of evidence
     • Cases never reported