SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: White-Collar Crime, Culpable Homicide, American Kids

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

Document Summary

Crime & criminal justice week 8 patterns of conventional crime. Crime is a young man"s game young ppl = more likely to commit crime (violent or property) Sex predictor of crime has been declared the most important predictor (usually males) More males commit crime than females (84% violent, 77% property crimes), except in case of. Infanticide (killing own child under 12 months old, related to chemical/hormonal changes after pregnancy ie postpartum depression) Canada only keeps track of races in cases of homicide certain races are over-represented in criminal justice system ex. African-americans, aboriginals (as suspects and as victims, esp. homicide, esp. in saskatchewan, manitobe & alberta & prairies have highest crime rate overall) Explanation: culture conflict, economic inequality (more likely to move thru system if poor), discrimination (systemic discrimination, within courts themselves, aboriginals more likely to go to jail for same crimes), demographic (aboriginals = mostly younger)