CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Property Crime, Technological Change, Differential Association
17 Feb 2016
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War on terror and gives rise to warrior r cop . Useful in identifying patterns for criminal behavior. Helpful in forming theories regarding motivations for criminal behavior. Helpful in identifying who commits crime, who is victimized by crime, and how to intervene to reduce crime. Using the uniform crime reporting survey (ucr: violent crime, property crime, other crime (public order, traffic offences, federal drug legislation offences, federal statute violations. Tend to be bear city centers (shopping, bars, restaurants) where people and property congregate. In canada, crime rates increase as we travel west and north. Within cities, crime tends to congregate in some neighborhoods. Crime severity index: severity of crime, based on sentence. Overall trend falling: but violent crime is rising/steady, judges are giving lower and lower sentences for crimes, restorative justice as an alternative, concern with use, prisons filling up, costs money, all remand days not counted. Why is crime severity high in manitoba/saskatchewan: more aboriginal people.
