SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Edmund Bergler, Mental Disorder, Schizophrenia
Document Summary
Linear relationship between gun ownership and homicide rate: as the number of gun ownership homicide rates. Crime rate from 1991 to 2006 and homicide rates are going down. The greater the number of police, the lower the crime rate: however, the trend from 1991 to 1998, there has been a decrease in the number of police officers per population, less cops, less reporting of crime. Sentences to federal and provincial prison: the more sentences, the lower the crime rate: however prison sentences too have gone down since 1991. As unemployment increases, crime rate increases: crime will fluctuate with unemployment rates, the harder time they have, the more likely they are to commit crime. Young men between 15-21 is the most crime prone. The decline in crime rate started 19 years after abortion was legalized: fewer unwanted children many times unwanted children are crime prone. Aboriginal and black canadians have a disproportional: black"s constitute 8% of population and 23% of arrests.
