PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intimate Partner Violence, Spree Killer, Neonaticide

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Craig Bennell

Document Summary

Compared to property crimes for example, violent crimes occur far less frequently. Violent crime rate = stable in can. We need to change how we communicate research findings to the public. We over estimate the fears we have e. g. violent criminals (psychologically) Graph: violent crime rate is stable crime is decreasing overall (green = violent crime); depends on official statistics and not all crimes are reported (some error) Rates of violent crime in canada vary across different types of violent crime (i. e. murder is not the only type of violent crime) Most violent crimes (i. e. assaults and robbery) are decreasing in frequency (how often they occur) Graph: major assaults and robberies = higher than homicide fluctuating. Homicides in canada are rare as they make up only <1% of all crimes in can. Homicide rates and attempted homicide rates in canada are generally on a decline.