JSB170 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sexual Assault, Grievous Bodily Harm, Assault

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Remains undefined in a legal context and definitions vary across states, countries etc. Elements of street crime: costs money for the person and/or, occurs in a public space, may include damage to property and/or personal injury the economy. Includes (but not limited to): assault, aggravated assault, sexual assault, serious assault, prostitution. Violent: opportunistic or premeditated, crimes against property, assault. Youth and gangs: demographic is teens and people in young twenties, males and females, victims usually similar in age but not necessarily. Homelessness, drugs and alcohol: more than 50% of homeless detainees sourced income from welfare, homeless detainees reportedly used more illicit substances or depended on them compared to non-homeless detainees. Indigenous, 19% relied on alcohol: strongly related to youth and, is illegal but many argue it is a gangs, often territorial" marking form of art", very little empirical study has been conducted concerning graffiti.