LEC2 - Researching Violence

Question 1

What are the data sources when researching Violence?

Answer 1

Quantitative
- Official Statistics
- Victim Survey
- Self Report Survey
- Experiments
- Coded Data

Qualitative
- Interviews
- Narratives
- Ethnographies
- Documents
-Newspaper
-Historical Documents
-Human Records

Question 2

What are examples of official statistics in researching violence?

Answer 2

1. Criminal Justice Data
2. Public Health Data

Question 3

What are examples of surveys in researching violence?

Answer 3

Victim survey
Self report survey

Question 4

What are examples of experiments in researching violence?

Answer 4

Natural
Case Control
Effectiveness

Question 5

What are examples of interview methods in researching violence?

Answer 5

In Depth
Life History
Structured
Open
Semi Structured

Question 6

What are examples of documents in researching violence?

Answer 6

Newspaper/Media articles
Historical Documents
Human Documents
Offical Documents

Question 7

What is Data Triangulation?

Answer 7

Using a variety of data sources to overcome weaknesses in the data by compensating these by strengths in other data.

Question 8

Why use homicide data?

Answer 8

Measurability (Uniform definition)
Validity (Generaly good recorded by the police)
Cross Cultural Comparison
Temporal Analyses
Conceptual

Homocide may serve as an indicator for violent crime as a whole

Cross-sectional studies: Strongest relationships between homicide and violent crime
(assault, robbery, drug market activity)

Temporal studies: Findings are mixed. Strongest relationship when focusing on changes
in crime rates over time.