CRM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Disorganization Theory, Social Inequality, Racialization

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Bryant Greenbaum

Document Summary

Interpersonal violence: violence commonly inflicted by one individual against another or by small group of individuals against another. Violence occurs from a variety of reasons. There is no single reason for violence to occur, rather a multiple number of reasons. Multi-causal nature: notion that events occurs as a result of more than one factor. Violence has a broad range of definitions. Some believe violence can be as simple as harming someone and other believe it can only be done by a group of people. These data are usually based in 2 reports: official reports; ucr (uniform crime reporting survey, general population; gss (general social survey) These surveys should be seen as complementary to each other as it paints a whole picture of crime in canada. Relies on the narrow + restrictive definition of violence; emphasizes threat or physical force yped violence. Threaten w/ violence robbery, homicide, murder, assault. Official data only counts police reports of crime, an undercount.