AHSS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Technological Change, Response Bias, Murder

• School: UofGH
• Department: Arts, Humanities, Social Science
• Course: AHSS 1160
• Professor: David Mikelberg

Document Summary

Different measures to collect statistics on crime: official crime statistics (institutionalist approach, police-recorded statistics, victimization surveys, unofficial crime statistics, self-report surveys, ethnographic research. Violent crime: overall decline of violent crime rate, sexual assault, robbery, common assault, violent crime severity index declined, homicide rate remains relatively constant, 1. 45 homicides per 100,000 population, 1. 74 attempted homicides per 100,000 population, lowest rate since 1971. Property crime: crimes committed with the intent to acquire property without violence or the threat of violence, most common offences, theft under ,000, mischief, break and enter, fraud. Age structure of population: public reporting rates to police, local police policies and procedures, legislative changes, social and economic factors, technological change. Changes in public tolerance for certain crimes. Uniform crime reporting (ucr) system: generates reliable crime statistics, standard definitions of offences, data submitted to canadian centre for justice statistics (statistics canada) on monthly basis, juristat.