CRJS 1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
The three methods of measuring crime
1. Uniform crime reports (UCR)
2. General social survey/victimization survey
3. Self-report data
Making records into statistics and the 5 methodological issues
1. Units of count: what is being counted
2. Level of aggression: how to combine data
3. Definitions: how to define what is being counted?
4. Data element: what info is getting collected?
5. Accounting procedure: how to count units in elements
What are the official statistics in Canada?
UCRs (Uniform crime, reporting survey.)
UCRs
- Goal is to provide a uniform and comparable national stats
- Crime rates are expressed as the number of criminal incidents for every 100,000 Canadians
- This method allows for comparisons between jurisdictions/overtime. It is not influenced by differences
in populations.
The two types of UCR surveys
aggregate survey, 1.0 - collects summary data for 100 criminal offences.
Incident based survey 2.0 - collects more detailed information on incidence victims and accused
cons of UCRs
levels of seriousness- inflate serious crime counts makes it seem that it is happening more than it is
- results in deflating of actual total crime count
What are typologies
A way to classify/organize a crime
the 6 typologies
1. violent crime
2. property crime
3. crimes of morality and public order
4. organized crimes
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
The three methods of measuring crime
1. Uniform crime reports (UCR)
2. General social survey/victimization survey
3. Self-report data
Making records into statistics and the 5 methodological issues
1. Units of count: what is being counted
2. Level of aggression: how to combine data
3. Definitions: how to define what is being counted?
4. Data element: what info is getting collected?
5. Accounting procedure: how to count units in elements
What are the official statistics in Canada?
UCRs (Uniform crime, reporting survey.)
UCRs
- Goal is to provide a uniform and comparable national stats
- Crime rates are expressed as the number of criminal incidents for every 100,000 Canadians
- This method allows for comparisons between jurisdictions/overtime. It is not influenced by differences
in populations.
The two types of UCR surveys
aggregate survey, 1.0 - collects summary data for 100 criminal offences.
Incident based survey 2.0 - collects more detailed information on incidence victims and accused
cons of UCRs
levels of seriousness- inflate serious crime counts makes it seem that it is happening more than it is
- results in deflating of actual total crime count
What are typologies
A way to classify/organize a crime
the 6 typologies
1. violent crime
2. property crime
3. crimes of morality and public order
4. organized crimes
