Studying Deviance

Official Statistics
1. Strengths
  1. Fast: Pre-Collected
  2. Cheap
  3. Longitudinal: over History
  4. Breadth: No Sampling
2. Three Sociological Categories of Crime
  1. Property Crimes
    1. Burglary
    2. Vandalism
    3. Arson
    4. larceny/theft
  2. Crimes Against the Person
    1. Robbery
    2. Rape
    3. Murder
    4. Assault
  3. Victimless Crimes
    1. Drugs
    2. sex
    3. Gambeling
3. Weaknesses
  1. Validity
  2. Change / Absent Categories
  3. Data Gathering
  4. Self Interpretation
Career of Crime
1. Unrecognized
2. Unreported
3. Unrecorde
Survey and Field Research Methods
1. Survey Research
  1. Four Steps
    1. Questionnaire
    2. Sampling
      1. Probability
      2. Convenience
      3. Snowball
    3. Mode of Administration
    4. Coding and Analysis
2. Participant /Observation
  1. Field Methods
    1. Four Steps
      1. Choose a Topic/ Personal Biography
      2. Gaining Entree
      3. Forging Trust and Relationships
      4. Developing Analysis
Survey Research 4 Steps
1. Questionaire
2. Sampling
3. Mode of Adminstration
4. Coding of Analysis
Child Abuse Reporting
1. Reporting Laws
2. Unreported Cases
3. Unsubstantiated Reports
Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans
1. Skepticism About A National Survey of Sex Behavor
2. National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS): Sample Design
3. Gaining Cooperation: The Response Rate
4. Mode of Administration
  1. Face-To-Face
    1. Most Costly
    2. NHSLS
  2. Phone Interviews
    1. Ruled out
    2. Cheaper
    3. 90 Minutes to Complete
  3. Self administered
    1. Main Method
    2. ruled out
    3. Questions must be simpler
5. The Questionnaire
6. Privacy, Confidentiality, Security
Researching Dealers And Smugglers
1. Fieldwork Study
2. Two Methods
  1. Indirect
  2. Direct
3. Moving from Covert to Overt Research Roles and Challenges

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