HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hate Crime, Homicide, List Of Universities In Canada
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Personal safety: you are responsible for all material in chapter 15. Poor mental health, conduct disorders, lack of social & emotional responsiveness. Canada"s crime rate has steadily declined for 2 decades, and is now at lowest level since 1973. Crime is all the different crimes (fraud, extrusion, break and enter, vandalism, and violent crime) Violent crime is just robbery, assault, weapon, homicide, etc. From 2012 to 2013 the crime severity index fell 9% (to 68. 7%) the largest annual decrease since 1998. Of all age/gender groups, young men 18-24 are the most likely to be victims of homicide and the perpetrators of homicide. 505 in 2013 (vs. 467 in 2012) {1. 44 victims per 100,000 population (lowest since 1966)} Hate crime in canada: stats canada 2012 report. Tracking of police-reported hate crimes began in 2006. The social context of physical aggression among adults. Police-reported data likely undercount hate crimes because many incidents (up to 2/3) are not necessarily reported to police.