Sociology 2256A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Homicide, Prison Gang, Radio-Frequency Identification
3 Apr 2016
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New types of crime (i. e. crack cocaine epidemic of the 80s) Simulaion models: used to forecast the size of a correcional populaion. Staisical models that consider many variables changes in the number of admissions, average length of stay and whether crime/arrest rates are increasing or decreasing. 1: short-term 2-5 years, mid-level 5-10 years, long-range 10-20 years, extended 20-50 years, distant 50+ years. Provincial correcions populaion is increase: of these, the number remanded to custody increased. Due to delays geing to trial - biggest reason. Result of zero tolerance domesic violence policies and a greater diiculty geing bail: the average number serving a sentence in a provincial faculies increased only slightly. Those on remand: held in higher levels of security, lack of correcional programming. Those serving less than 3 years: increased from 1/3 to - harder to get programming. Over-rep of aboriginals: 3% of naional pop. (22% of those sentenced to custody, over-represented in western provinces (in sas.
