CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Victimless Crime, Reporting Bias, Domestic Violence

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Week 4 oct 4- theories of crime and delinquency ch 8,9. Phone surveys/ written questionnaires asking individuals about past involvement of various forms of criminal behaviour. Valuable information on victimless crimes such as drug use. Male more likely to under report their own behaviour. Dark figure of crime sexual assault, domestic abuse. Crime rate compares to what it was in 1970. Majority of violent crime are perpetrated by non strangers. Most crimes do not involve the use of a weapon or involve serious injury. Sex more likely for women to be victim, men are assault and robbery. Age 15-24 , older 65 are over reported. Household income household income low- more likely , higher income is greater for theft. Role of statistics in claims-making . media, police, security. Crime statistics do not measure criminal behaviour, they measure the response of various agencies to their perception of crime.