CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dual Diagnosis, Visible Minority, Domestic Violence

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 131
• Professor: Sheri Fabian

Document Summary

Shortcomings of crime data: crime trends, counting crime, public perceptions of cjs, media influences in cjs & on public, relationship between media & fear of crime, role of social media & cjs. Crime rate: number of criminal incidents reported to police divided by population of area, why ratio, collected by police, influenced by reporting practices, compiled by statistics canada, crime severity index (more serious crimes are given more weight) Dark figure of crime: discrepancy that appears between the actual amount of crimes that occur vs the amount of crimes reported to police. Severity of police reported crime decreasing: smaller proportion of 15-24 year olds, technology & crime prevention. Crime in indigenous communities: high rates of crime and victimization, over-representation of aboriginal people in all stages of cjs, crime rates in the north are 5 x higher than overall rates for canada. Sources of crime stats: uniform crime reporting ucr (official police data, victimization surveys, court data.