SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Restorative Justice, Nimby, Suicide Of Rehtaeh Parsons
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Crime rates: the number of incidents known to the police expressed in terms of the number of people in the population. Method used i(cid:374)a(cid:272)(cid:272)urate (cid:271)y federal go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. o(cid:373)e rates are(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tually de(cid:272)li(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. this method counting only the serious crimes among multiple offences committed by the same person, reporting the rates instead of the volume of crime. Dark figure of crime: the difference between how much crime occurs and how much crime is reported to or discovered by the police. Likelihood of victims calling the police is not related to the seriousness of the offence, even violent crimes can go unreported. Utalitarian factor: (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s" de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) to (cid:272)all the poli(cid:272)e. cri(cid:373)e (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s k(cid:374)o(cid:449) there is little the police can do if they call. Reported crime is at its lowest since 1972. Crime severity (volume and seriousness of police-reported crime) has declined over the past decade. Crime highest in the territories and western areas. Unlikely to be the result of (cid:862)tough o(cid:374) (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e(cid:863).
