CRIM 101 Lecture 13: CRIM chapter 13
11 Oct 2018
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Chapter 13 violent crime write homicide stuff down. Interpersonal violence: violence that is most commonly inflicted/caused by one individual against another, or by a small group of individuals against another: no single factor causes violence or explains why people do what they do. These factors vary from person to person: multi-casual: notion that an event occurs as a result of more than one factor. Instrumental: means to reach another goal (theft: homicide the most valid violence indicator. In 2011: rates were highest in nunavut, the northwest territory, and yukon, higher in west and lower in east, ontario, quebec, and prince edward island-> rates of violent crime lower than average. Age and violence: age range between mid-adolescence and young adulthood -. Increases between age 12-17: peaks at 18, declines afterwards, reasons as to why violent offending accelerates in adolescence and peak in early adulthood, biological and psychological factors (fluctuating hormones and lower levels of maturity.
