CRI205H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Uniform Crime Reports, World Health Organization, Violent City
6 Feb 2018
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The way society perceives crime and how we react to it. Year of the gun - 80 homicides in toronto. Jane the boxing day girl got a lot of media attention cuz she was a young white woman. People were targeted and arrested for murder because they had a gun and they didn"t shot. Racial profiling- race as a proxy for risk. Jeffery manners- shot at his school, now theres cops at school. The vast majority of canadians believe that violent crime has increased significantly over the past decade. Fear of crime is increasing among canadians. Most canadians think that their own neighbourhood is relatively safe. Most think that violent crime is not increasing in their own neighbourhood. Most canadians believe that toronto is canada"s most dangerous, violent city. We get the info from the media. Compiled by the canadian centre for justice stats. 100% compliance rate from 1800 different police agencies across the country.
