Studying Deviance

Accurate and reliable knowledge about deviance
Social Data Sources
1. Offical Statistics
  1. complid by various government organizations
  2. Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs)
2. Survey Research
  1. Data gathered through large -scale questionnaire surveys
3. Field research
  1. Researchers become intimately familiar with subjects lives
  2. Ethnography
Strengths and Weakness of Social Data Sources
1. Field Research
  1. Low cost,
  2. Long Time
  3. Subjective approach
2. Official Statistics
  1. Free/Cheap
  2. Low Accuracy
  3. Short Time
3. Survey Research
  1. High Cost
  2. High Generalizability
  3. Objective Approach
Stages of Field Research
1. The Convert Role
2. The Overt Role
3. Developing Trust
4. Cross-Checking
Survey Research
1. Questionnarie
  1. Content and quality of information
2. Sample Design
3. Mode of Administration
  1. Face-to-face, telephone, or self-administrated
4. Coding and Analysis
5. Gaining cooperation
Child Abuse Reporting
1. Law passed that all professional must report child abuse
  1. Sexual Abuse
    1. Physical Abuse
      1. Emotional
        Exploitation
        Physical neglect
  2. Many children have been saved from serious injury and even death
2. Unreported cases
  1. Unfounded
    1. Unsubstantiated
    2. Cases dismissed after investigation due to lack of evidence
  2. Cases never reported

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