SOCY 344 Lecture 16: W8 Crime and Criminal Justice

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 344
• Professor: Cynthia B Levine- Rasky

Document Summary

General crime trends: statistics canada"s uniform crime reporting survey: reported crime substantiated by police investigation, 2014 represented the 11th consecutive decline in the canadian crime rate. This was the lowest rate recorded since 1969: in 2015, the crime rate increased for the first time since 2003. The crime funnel: actual crime, crime detected, crime reported, crime recorded, arrests, trials, convictions, dispositions. Categories of crime: violent crime, hate crime, property crime, organized crime, youth crime, Occupational (white-collar) crime, corporate crime, organized crime, youth crime. Hate crime: statistics canada, police-reported hate crimes, 2013. Crimes motivated by the offender"s hatred of certain characteristics of the victim, eg. national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability. Rate = 3. 3 hate crimes per 100,000 population = a 17% drop from 2012. Mainly due to a 30% decrease in non-violent hate crime incidents, primarily mischief.