Sociology 2253A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Suicide Of Amanda Todd, Nimby, Suicide Of Rehtaeh Parsons
23 Sep 2016
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Crime rates: defined as the number of criminal incidents known to the police that is expressed in terms of the number of people in the population. Problems with the official crime rate method includes only the most serious crimes among many offences committed by the same person, reporting rates rather than volume, and dealing with variations in police reporting practices. Dark figure of crime: difference between how much crime happens and how much crime is reported to or discovered by the police. The crime severity index has declined over the past decade. Crimes rates highest in territories and western regions of the country. Violent crime declines but rates of it are still high in winnipeg, saskatoon and thunder bay and other western cities. Two large challenges: high rates of crime and victimization in many aboriginal communities and the overrepresentation of aboriginal people at all stages of the justice process.
