RT Article
T1 Measuring Disorder: Observer Bias in Systematic Social Observations at Streets and Neighborhoods
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 34
IS 1
SP 221
OP 249
A1 Hoeben, Evelien
A2 Pauwels, L. J. R.
A2 Steenbeek, Wouter
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1688825398
AB The present study focuses on Systematic Social Observation (SSO) as a method to investigate physical and social disorder at different units of analysis. The study contributes to the aggregation bias debate and to the ‘social science of ecological assessment' in two ways: first, by presenting a new model that directly controls for observer bias in ecological constructs and second, by attempting to identify systematic sources of bias in SSO that affect the valid and reliable measurement of physical and social disorder at both street segments and neighborhoods.
K1 Crime
K1 Systematic Social Observation
K1 Neighborhoods
K1 Ecometrics
K1 Physical and social disorder
DO 10.1007/s10940-016-9333-6