SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: General Social Survey, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Cohen and felson (1979) everyday living creates structure of opportunity bringing you into direct contact with criminals. Some behaviors have greater risk of victimization than others. Work and leisure set you up for this (how much time you spend at home: more break ins occur during the day. Time dimension: periodicity go to work at same time everyday, people can watch and know when to strike, tempo number of events in certain period of time (go to the bar every. Friday or is it a rare occasion, if its more often you are more likely to be a victim: timing. Criticism: offender and motivation - why does this person commit a crime and the other does not, components most important factor for victimization, expressive crime not planned and committed in heat of the moment. Canada gss (general social survey: women had greater medical consequences, men were more likely to be kicked/bit/hit/have property damaged.