HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spring Break, Homicide, List Of Universities In Canada
25 Feb 2016
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Violence is caused by: poverty, lack of housing, employment, education, discrimination, cultural & social beliefs, poor parental role models, hopelessness. Police services reported 1041 hate crimes in 2010. Motivation for crime: 52% race or ethnicity, 29% religion, 16% sexual orientation, 20% assault/utter threat, 56% mischief offences. Location of aggressive incident: 30% bar, 21% public place (street, store, park, public building, 16% social gathering at a home of family/friend, 12% home (everyday activities, 11% workplace (coworkers vs. customers, 3% obvious domestic violence, 6% other. Reasons why young adults are victims of someone who has been drinking: drinking impairs cognitive and psychomotor abilities this leads to reduced ability to recognize signs of violence and/or avoid danger, effects of alcohol on victims may increase likelihood that they will be, drinking may lead to actions that provoke violence (e. g. reacting chosen as a target for aggression aggressively or initiating aggressive behaviour)
