CRM 3312 Lecture 4: The Reality of Youth Problems
9 Feb 2016
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Ucr < relies more on reported: measures the severity of crime < crime severity index. Dark-figure of crime, a lot of crimes go unreported. Why do people not report: not important enough, the belief that police will be biased, youth-against-youth, afraid of offender going for revenge and be labelled as a snitch . * ages 15 to 25 are most to commit crimes and be victims of crime but the age 18 is the most common. It started to slowly shift over to the age of 21. Administrative offence: offences that occur after being arrested. Lengthen the average stay of your offence, increase costs. Skews statistics > people think crime is increasing but it is just one individual committing a crime multiple times. Police are targeting certain people and certain areas. Example: if there is a crime always happening in the same area or by the same people, then police will most likely keep an eye on that more.
