Describe content analysis and give some examples of how you would use it
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Student should identify and explain that content analysis is a technique for gathering and analyzing the content of text. They should then offer examples of how to employ this research method. Students may reference that crime and justice researchers have used content analysis for many purposes: to study themes in songs, crime and justice themes and trends in topics that newspapers cover, crime control ideology found in newspaper editorials, violence against women stereotypes in textbooks, television programs, and movies, depiction of race and crime in television commercials and programs, content of legal statutes, themes in magazine advertising, etc.
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What is on of the main effects on children of violence in the media?
a. A child's fear of becoming a victim of violence decreases. b. Younger children may have more difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality. c. Chronic and long-term exposure can lead to an oversensitivity to violence and its consequences. d. Those exposed to high levels of media violence are less accepting of aggressive attitudes.
Discuss the relationship between public opinion and crime. In your answer, be sure to address the results of public opinion polls on crime, the differing perspectives on the "fear of crime," and who fears crime
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Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the CPI?
A) The CPI ignores successful new products until long after they have been introduced. B) The CPI does not account for the way consumer substitute less expensive items for higher priced items. C) The CPI ignores changes in consumption patterns that occur between years in which it revises the index. D) The CPI ignores the changes of prices of goods that firms produce and sell to each other.
Which is NOT an element of possession?
a. knowledge of the presence of the object b. exercise of dominion or control c. knowledge of the character of the object d. possession for such time to satisfy the statutory required 24-hour period