SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fictional Universe Of Harry Potter, Demography Of The United States, Homicide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3710
• Professor: Bill O' Grady

Document Summary

In usa african american youth are overrepresented in police arrest rates: documented in 1960s, aa make up between 13-15% of pop, but incarecerpation, disproportiante representataion rates are 50% What about canada yo: race vs class. Years of debate as to whether or not to: collecting such information may be used against certain groups may say well these type of people commit the most crime. Difficult to say in canada because police do not collect data of race of people they arrest in charger. Collecting such information may be used against vertain groups. Currently only racial data are homicide data (aboriginal: abel to track homicides in canada as to wether or not the, collecting this data since 1970s person involved as victim or suspect was aboriginal. Some data do show that racial minorities are more likely to be charged by the police. Statistics show less association with less serious crimes and race: problems in measuring race and ethnicity.