CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Offender, Peer Group, Homicide

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Males are more likely to be victims of: homicide, attempted murder, assault level 2 and 3 (!common assault no weapon no bodily harm, 2 weapon bodily harm, 3 aggravated assault, wounding, serious, robbery. Females are more likely to be victims of: sexual assault, assault level 1, forcible confinement, criminal harassment. Involve a weapon: occur in public spaces. Female victimization is more likely to: occur in the home. Involve offenders who are current or former intimate partners. Race & violence: young black males in toronto are 4-5 times more likely to be victims of homicide than the general public. For upper- and middle-class males, masculinity is demonstrated through normative success by having: money, a good, high-paying job, status symbols, e. g. , a large house or a luxury automobile. Less affluent males (who do not have access to the symbols of normative success) demonstrate masculinity through: toughness, displays of dominance, willingness to engage in violence.