SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Assault, Dangerous Offender, Homicide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Tuesday, october 30, 2012: street crime: (conventional) Responsibility point to specific person responsible for crime, identifiable. 2 categories: violent any crime committed again person, homicide, assault, property crime crime against property break and entre. Criminal justice system : whit collar crime" corporate crime. Offenders from middle and upper classes. Occupation tied to a persons occupation, prestigious occupation. 2 categories: white collar individuals certain, cooperate organization is responsible. Criminal justice system rarely deal with white collar crime, low enforcement, dealt with internally or in civil court (lawsuits against the cooperation) Assault (level 1) 61. 1% (minor assault) Assualt (level 2 and 3) 16. 3% (assault with weapon; aggravated assault) Robbery 9. 1% (consider a violent crime in canada because it can only happen in the presence of a victim) Sexual assault (level 1,2,3) 7. 8% ( Homicide/attempted murder 0. 4% (death of a human that is the result of something not natural;