CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Victimless Crime, Something To Think About, Hate Crime

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Crime is increasing f (in canada, for the past few decades) Most people are victimized by strangers f (more likely to be victimized by someone we know, ofte(cid:374) (cid:449)h(cid:455) (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es are(cid:374)"t reported, the idea of the preparator (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g known=scary) People over 65 are most likely to be victims of crime- f (young people [18-24, highest rate of victimization] mostly put themselves in situation more where victimization is possible, older people are more careful and fearful) Violent crime inflicts the most harm on people in society- f (corp-crime/white collar crime affect. Society a lot more than violent crime [long-term effect) as there is only the victim that is affected and necessarily have a domino effect) No- crime is subjective, time factor (something may be just deviant in a time period, in another it may be a crime), intent to harm, victimless crimes, everyone engages in activities that could be labelled crime.