CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
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CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Two - answerwe live in a world of ______ realities
experimental; agreement - answerwe live in a world of two realities: _________ and
__________
experimental - answer__________ reality: the things we know from direct experience
agreement - an...
CCJ 4700 FSU Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Two - answer✔we live in a world of ______ realities
experimental; agreement - answer✔we live in a world of two realities: _________ and
__________
experimental - answer✔__________ reality: the things we know from direct experience
agreement - answer✔__________ reality: the things we consider real because we've been told
they're real, and everyone else seems to agree they are real
"everybody knows" Social agreement about how things are
Clever detective work... - answer✔seldom solves crimes because investigators get most of their
information from reports prepared by patrol officers, who in turn get their information from
victims and witnesses
Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment - answer✔Compared police beats with three levels
of preventive patrol.
Found no differences in crime rates, citizen satisfaction with police, fear of crime, or other
measures of police performance
empirical research - answer✔____________: the production of knowledge based on experience
or observation
methodology - answer✔__________: The science of knowing (finding out)
How social scientific methods can be used to better understand crime and criminal justice policy
tradition; authority - answer✔two important sources of agreement reality: __________ and
___________
tradition - answer✔an example of ________ as a source of agreement reality is: driving on the
left side of the road in the US is dangerous.
We recognize that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature.
scientific knowledge - answer✔even if you do not produce research, you are in active consumer
of scientific information.
As a general citizen: election polls, public opinion
As a criminal justice practitioner: evidence-based practices
errors in human inquiry - answer✔Can be greatly hindered by the legitimate authorities who err
within their own special province.
Also when we depend on the authority of experts speaking outside their realm of expertise.
The advertising industry plays heavily on this misleading use of authority.
inaccurate observation - answer✔___________: it is easy to make mistakes about what we
observed if we didn't have a plan
* We fail to observe things right in front of us or mistakenly observe things that aren't so
overgeneralization - answer✔____________: we often assume that a few similar events are
evidence of a general pattern
*general conclusion from observing a few cases
replication - answer✔__________: repeating a study, checking to see whether similar results
are obtained each time
selective observation - answer✔_________: we tend to look for information that confirms what
we think
selective observation - answer✔racial, ethnic, and other prejudices are reinforced by
_____________
illogical reasoning - answer✔____________: Sometimes we draw conclusions from our
observations that do not follow a logical pattern
ideological; politics - answer✔_________ or __________ views on certain issues can
undermine objectivity in the research process.
We see the world through the lens of our ideology and are more prone to believe facts that match
our ideological preferences
Social science inquiry - answer✔Conscious decisions regarding how and what we observe.
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