HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Professional Boundaries, Spring Break
23 Jan 2018
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Injuries and death: poor mental health, conduct disorders, lack of social & emotional responsiveness, economic costs. Violence is associated with: lack of social status/power, lack of economic resources (housing, employment, education, discrimination, cultural & social beliefs, poor role models; exposure to violent social models, hopelessness, gender. Includes all crimes; criminal code traffic violations, federal statute violations such as drug offences. Crime in canada: stats canada 2016 report: canada"s crime rate has steadily declined for 2 decades. In 2014, it reached its lowest level since 1972. It is 26% lower than a decade ago: from 2015-2016 crime severity increased 1%. It remained 29% lower than a decade earlier in 2006: uptick driven mostly by non-violent crimes; fraud, breaches of probation/ court orders but also child abuse. Attempted murder & homicide rates 1986-2016: 611 in w2016 vs. 609 in 2015, but this represents a decrease of 1% In the past year homicides decreased in alberta (-17), quebec (-12) & bc (-10)
