If you wanted to study people at different stages of offending,
what sorts of samples would you draw? Stated somewhat differently,
what are some possible sampling frames for studying crime through
the life
course? Think about some appropriate study populations and sampling
frames for addressing questions like the following:
! What is the rate of involvement in crime among high school
students? ! How many property and personal offenses are committed
in the year before entering a state prison? ! Among former
offenders, what is the effect of being married on criminal
involvement?
1. What is the rate of involvement in crime among high school students?
population : high school students
sampling : clustered random sampling
here we will take clusters of students based on their scholls and take some "k" students from each school
2. How many property and personal offenses are committed in the year before entering a state prison?
population : prisoners who are in prison for committing property and personal offenses
sampling : select 'k' random prisoners from all the prisoners who are in prison for committing property and personal offenses
3. Among former offenders, what is the effect of being married on criminal involvement?
population : former offenders
sampling : take 'k' former offenders randomly from all the former offenders
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