SOCI 4410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Crime Prevention, Truancy, Burglary
12 Apr 2016
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The best primary school prediction of offending is the boys troublesome at 8-10 year olds (done by peers at teachers) High school conflict = conduct problems; high academic focus on house work, predicts decreases in conduct problems. Sean mackay = delinquency rates vary depending on where you live. Highest point of crime = in the core of the city. Project): gun crimes tend to happen in a high level of concentration of delinquents and drug dealing, farrington"s research confirmed wolfgang = less than 20% of offenders commit. 80% of all offences: 10% of victims are involved in about 40% of the victimization; the same people get victimized, 10% of the places are the sights of more than 60% of the crimes. Place focused crime prevention programs are important: place based criteria would help us target high crime areas, crime prevention through social development = life course criminology, crime prevention through environmental design.
