SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter online articles: National Crime Victimization Survey, Uniform Crime Reports, Violent Criminal Apprehension Program

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Interpersonal violence is committed every day in our homes, schools, business and on streets. These acts are committed for profit, jealousy, political or religious motives or pleasure. A number of factors, such as dysfunctional family, and communities, drug addiction, mental illness, learning disabilities or other conditions cause violence. United states ranks first of all developed nations in the world in the number of homicides. Violent crime is defined as those acts committed against another in violation of a prescribed law (murder, sexual assault, robbery,) The fear of violence results from past victimizations, media accounts of violent crime and interactions with people who are knowledgeable about or have witnessed crime. People do not feel safe from their neighbours and fear crime. According to polls, americans fear of crime victimization relates to two distinct factors: household and sex. Adults living in low-income households are roughly twice as likely as those living in high-income households to be afraid, (48% vs. 23%).