SOCI 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: General Social Survey, Uniform Crime Reports, Baby Boom
30 Sep 2017
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Declining crime rates: between 2000 & 2010, the rate of crime decreased by 19, steady declines in crimes reported to the police following the early. Police reported crimes: 40% of police reported crime in canada comes from two relatively less serious offences: theft under & under and mischief (age 12-17, any variation will dramatically impact the overall crime rate. Crime severity index: canada began its uniform crime reports in 1961, csi created in 2008, assigns weighting to particular offences, decreasing trends, higher in the territories, saskatchewan highest increase in 2015-2016. Social factors: public sensitization and intolerance to offences such as domestic violence, child abuse, offences reflecting police enforcement rather than actual changes in criminal activity includes drug offences and prostitution. Walking alone after dark: as with international trends, younger canadians were overall more satisfied with their personal safety than older canadians. 95% of men vs 85% of women feel reasonably safe walking alone in their neighborhood after dark.
