SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Carol M. Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Homicide
21 Mar 2013
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Lower class more likely to be arrested in a street crime. You can point to specific people who are responsible. There are 2 categories: violent and property crimes. Criminal justice system mostly deals with street crimes. While-collar crime: corporate crime, political crime, government crime. Tied to a patient typically and prestigious occupation. Criminal justice system rarely deal with these types of crimes. More than 50% reported to police in 2011 with property related offences. 2nd highest is violent and accounts for about 20% of street crimes. Fed statutes is drug related offences, and accounted for 6% Traffic violations such as impaired driving and traffic related offences considered crimes. Most serious violent crime is thought to be homicide. Assault level 1 is the highest (minor fighting) 2nd most common is assault level 2 (threat to use a weapon, etc. ) Robbery is a violent crime in canada because it can only happen in the presence of a victim.
