CRM 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gnags, Gun Violence, Term Paper

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3308
• Professor: Irvin Waller

Document Summary

Week of december: lecturer coming in december 5th at 6pm monday. 17 murders in ottawa: double the average of murders, normally 7-8 murders a year. Montreal statistics: running same numbers as ottawa, although it has 2 times the population, montreal has a good municipal strategy to stop crime ex: youth centers & housing to give less gang related shootings. Chicago model applied to ottawa to prevent gun violence: evaluation of comparing similar districts, you get a reduction in 17-34% cure violence. People, in ottawa there is 3 people in crime prevention with a budger of 400k. Glasgo(cid:449) has high sur(cid:448)eilla(cid:374)(cid:272)e , a(cid:374)d (cid:272)lose (cid:272)ir(cid:272)uit tele(cid:448)isio(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h does(cid:374)"t stop ga(cid:374)g (cid:373)urders, Cure violence did a little of mapping which allowed for further research and to reach out to gnags. The(cid:455) did so(cid:373)e stuff in hospitals to counsel people involved in accidents. Hospitals in reading provide further researching and statistics on those involved in violence.