CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nimby, Hacktivism, Domestic Violence
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Chapter 3 notes: crime, victims, and the community. Dark figure of crime the difference between how much crime occurs and how much crime is reported to or discovered by the police. Utilitarian factor at work in the decision of victims to call the police they know that, for many crime, there is little the police can do. First nations women are particularly vulnerable overall rates of crime and victimization are highest in the territories and western regions of canada. At-risk groups over of canadians report victimization highest in western. Majority of victims under age 30 only 1/3 reported to police. Aboriginal women 3x more likely to report assaults (88%) not reported likely victims of violence than married women spousal abuse. What explains public sentiments: overdependence on the cjs (unmet expectations, fear, nimby, media. Nimby crime dependence on the police and justice system expectation of safety being delivered expectation not met clamour for more justice intervention, including tougher sentencing fear persists.
