CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Uniform Crime Reports, General Social Survey

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

All the crime that would exist not all the crime known by police. 1 in 4 canadians (aged 15+) victimized per year. Forced sexual activity or attempt at forced sexual activity - 19% Perpetrator is a friend, acquaintance or neighbour - 51% Not calling into prisons, people without phones, etc. Spousal abuse: can"t list the amount of time. Submit crime into the system = go to the police. Doesn"t want to waste police time and effort. Police put priority on the cases they initiate. Individual police forces can choose to crack-down on certain crimes. Keeping crime rates low by classifying serious crimes as petty crimes. Someone that is similar to arresting officer is less likely to be arrested. They"re own personal view on the justice system. The amount of work that is needed to file a police report. When you have one incident involving multiple crimes, only one is listed.