CRM 601 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Street Justice, I.R.S. Records, Vigilante

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 601
• Professor: Sara Thompson

Document Summary

Violence is a normal part of behaviour. When violence is incidental in pursuit of other goals or positive, it is not considered violence. Corporate violence big business violence as well as large groups engaged in violence(war: can also be marketing campaigns of faulty products. Motivations for violence can be to better the community: some violence is motivated by positive or benevolent(facelift) reasons. No motivation incidental violence (puck in face)to the achievement of other goals. Measures of violence to see how consistent and prevalent it is. Dark figure of crime crime not reported and detected by police. Things not reported because of : fear of retaliation, not believable, public humiliation, lack in trust of police, street justice. Survey data can be home phone calls or victim surveys. Drawbacks: inaccurate numbering/memory, underreporting of minor incidents, unable to determine accuracy. Violent crimes have been declining (west higher crime more east in canada less homicide. No single answer to the question of why.