Quantitative Criminology
Date:
24/05/2017 - 25/05/2017
Organised by:
Lancaster University
Presenter:
Professor Brian Francis
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
Angela Mercer, Email: a.j.mercer@lancaster.ac.uk
Map:
View in Google Maps (LA1 4YF)
Venue:
Postgraduate Statistics Centre, c/o maths and Statistics department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, UK
Description:
The course will start with a summary of the different methods of measuring crime, touching on recent newspaper debates on the relative merits of a survey approach compared to police recording. The rest of the first day will be a discussion of various types of study (experimental, and quasi experimental) and methods of analysing such data (matched case-control, case �control and propensity score matching. The second day will cover advances in latent class and latent growth curve analysis and latent trajectory modelling for understanding criminal offending.
Cost:
External from industry/commerce: £540
External from academic institution/public sector/charity staff: £460.
External postgraduate student: £300
Website and registration:
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/short-courses-and-cpd/
Region:
North West
Keywords:
Latent class analysis
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