Chapter
12: Child Abuse Reporting, Besharov & Laumann
3
Factors That Influence Child Abuse Reporting
1. Mandatory
Reporting Laws
2. Public Awareness
Campaigns
3. Changing
Definitions
2 Problems with Child
Abuse Reporting
1. Unreported
Cases:
2. Unsubstantiated Reports:
2 Reasons for Unsubstantiation
a. Unfounded:
b. Unprovable:
Chapter
13: Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans,
Laumann et al.
Modes
of Administration
1. Face to Face:
Advantages:
Disadvantage:
2. Telephone:
Advantage:
Disadvantage:
3.
Self-administered:
Advantages:
Disadvantage:
Independent Concepts:
Probability Sampling
Sample Size
Subpopulations
Response Rate
Cost
Interviewer Training
Interview Language
Chapter 14: Researching Dealers and Smugglers, Adler
5
Elements of Drug Dealing Research
1. Getting In
2. The Covert Role
3. Developing Trust
4. Overt Role
5. Cross-Checking
3 Ways to Cross-Check
A.
Test information against common sense and general knowledge of the
scene.
B.
Check information against a variety of reliable sources.
C.
Check out accounts against hard facts.
Problems
and Issues in Conducting Drug Dealing Research
1. The Effect of
Drugs on the data-gathering process
2. Assuming risks
while doing research
3. The cultural
clash
4. Ethical problems