conscious; careful - social science differs from our casual inquiry in two important aspects: social
scientific inquiry is a ________ activity and it is a more _________ process than our casual efforts
authority - an example of __________ as a source of agreement reality is: you are more likely t...
CCJ 4700 FSU - Exam 1
conscious; careful - social science differs from our casual inquiry in two important aspects: social
scientific inquiry is a ________ activity and it is a more _________ process than our casual efforts
authority - an example of __________ as a source of agreement reality is: you are more likely to
believe a judge who declares that your next traffic violation will result in a suspension of your license
than your parents when they say the same thing
errors in human inquiry - 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.
agreement - __________ 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
two - we live in a world of ______ realities
experimental; agreement - we live in a world of two realities: _________ and __________
experimental - __________ reality: the things we know from direct experience
Clever detective work... - 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 - 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 - ____________: the production of knowledge based on experience or
observation
methodology - __________: The science of knowing (finding out)
How social scientific methods can be used to better understand crime and criminal justice policy
tradition; authority - two important sources of agreement reality: __________ and ___________
tradition - 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 - 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
inaccurate observation - ___________: 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 - ____________: we often assume that a few similar events are evidence of a
general pattern
*general conclusion from observing a few cases
replication - __________: repeating a study, checking to see whether similar results are obtained
each time
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