CRM 1300 Lecture 7: CRM1300 LECTURE 7

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Steven Bittle

Document Summary

Official crime statistics: we can learn a bit from crime stats. Alternatives to official statistics: studies, surveys, self-report, ethnographi(cid:272) studies (cid:894)a(cid:374)th(cid:396)opolog(cid:455) field, stud(cid:455) (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) g(cid:396)oups (cid:895) (cid:894)posi(cid:374)g as a ga(cid:374)g member for example or ride along, victim surveys. Important because we understand exact circumstances: surveys reveal a lot of criminality but not severe crimes. Nothing: younger men are more likely to be both the victim and the offender, women are more likely to be victims of sexual assault, stigma in society about men not reporting crime. Victim surveys: criminal victimization in canada: none by corporations, covers certain crimes, particular forms of victimization, correlation between the ones who commit the crimes and the victims, a lot of property crimes. Reasons for not reporting victimization to police: not important enough, most people do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k it (cid:449)as i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t e(cid:374)ough, people mostly interested in reporting for insurance purposes.