SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: White-Collar Crime, John Wayne Gacy, Homicide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Ethnicity: canada, overrepresentation of aboriginal people (esp. in prairies, overrepresentation of african-canadians in ontario. Statistics (rate) rate: per 100 000 people: standardize: make things the same everywhere in the world, calculated: # of homicides/population x 100 000, most reliable statistic. Homocide statistics: by province: lowest in eastern provinces, increases as you go west, highest rates in prairies, territories are highly variable because of small population. Motivations financial gain, to settle an account; about 20: most common motivation: passion provocation, despair; about 60, no motive; 5-10, unknown or not solved, 90% of crimes solved, drugs/alcohol: either victim or accused, more likely accused. Property crime joy riding to sell it theft under is most common. Motor vehicle theft: commission: a getaway car, cars vs. trucks: less cars, more trucks and suvs target vehicles: suvs, honda civic, location: 4/10 happen in parking lots, stolen right out of driveway time: most commonly stolen between 6am-noon.