Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homicide, Young Offenders Act
14 Mar 2016
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Gender: predominantly male (72%: males: sexual assault, drug possession, attempted murder, and weapon offences . Serious crimes": females: prostitution, common assault, and fraud. Unclear how much of the difference in rates between men and women is related to unreporting, media sensationalism, females not processed at same rate as males (given more warnings. Age: as age increases, persons accused in crime decreases: rate of accusation increases from ages 12-17, peaks at 18, then declines, younger youth (12-18) = property crimes, older youth= administrative offences. Charges that aren"t generally considered to be criminal. Example: failure to appear in court, failure to comply with disposition (aka. sentencing) Violent crime: involved the use or threatened use of violence against a person, including homicide, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault and robbery. (theft doesn"t include a threat of violence, robbery does) 2010: 153 000 youths accused of committing a crime: 42% we charged/recommended for charging by police, remaining 58% were dealt with other means.
