CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Robert Pickton, Summary Offence, Barometer
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Combines spatial and criminal data to identify similarities or hot spots . Why do criminologists need data: description, explanation, risk assessment, evaluation, prediction. Looks at the risk of certain places and people. Crime that goes undetected, unreported, or unrecorded, and that is thus not included and official sources. The system is used to document criminal activities substantiated by police, providing a continuous record of crime and traffic statistics reported by every police agency and canada since 1962. The canadian center for justice statistics: agency responsible for collection and compiling crime data. Program and major cities collection and aggregate data from various sources to develop metrics about neighbourhoods. Juristat - periodical review of justice issues. The daily - daily reports about issues including justice. Various surveys - general social surveys, violence against women, etc. Police crime stats are divided into three categories i. ii. iii. Historically court records were the first type of official crime statistics to be collected.
