CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - White-Collar Crime, Actus Reus, False Advertising

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

Document Summary

Some statistics: there has been a decrease in crime since 1991 since 1973 crime is now at its lowest rate. Vast majority of decrease is property crime in about 30 years, crime is at its lowest rate. 4% decrease in violent crime in canada since 2001, due to property offences (non-violent crime) Homicides 598 in 2011 (peak: 1975), 2012 fewer by 55 than 2011: levels of youth crime in canada have never been higher. Youth violence crime peak in 1995 + small peak in 2003 roughly 3% decline since 2001 (generally minor assaults: most crimes of violence are perpetrated by individuals known to the victim. True: the city with highest violent crime rate in canada is winnipeg, saskatoon, thunder bay, regina, True: w-c crime = more expensive: there are documented cases of children being harmed by foreign objects (razor blades) placed in. False, no documented cases of foreign objects in halloween candy.