SOC225 Lecture 8: 8

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Springer, Sharon

Document Summary

Feb. 6 - chapter five: correlates of criminal behaviour. Correlation: a phenomenon that accompanies another phenomenon and is related in some way to it correlation is not cause. Age as correlate of criminal behaviour young people are disproportionately involved in crime generally* and in violent crime specifically: *exceptions are political crimes, corruption and white-collar crimes. Most crimes committed by canadian youth are non-violent theft