CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Uniform Crime Reports, Main Source, Blackboard

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 100
• Professor: Tammy Landau

Document Summary

Midterm: all material up until policing october 18. Collects crime and traffic statistics reported by all police agencies in canada, and reflects reported crime that has been substantiated by police investigation. (see allen, 2016) Includes number of reported offences, number if actual offences, number of offences cleared by charge, number of persons charges by sex, and adult/youth breakdown. Reporting to police: victims report a wide range of reasons for reporting or not reporting crimes and victimizations to the police. Approximately 31% of victimizations were reported to the police. In general, the more serious an incident, the greater the likelihood it came to the attention of the police. Break-ins and theft of motor vehicle or parts were reported to police at least 44% of the time. Incidents causing injury (45%) those involving a weapon (53%) or those that resulted in financial loss of or more (70%) were also more likely to be reported.