PSYC 3402 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: General Social Survey, Longitudinal Study, The Offence
16 Jul 2020
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Incidence is the number of crimes/events over a specified time period and can be expressed as a rate (usually per 100,000) (e. g. 120 crimes per 100,000 canadians in august. In other words, prevalence refer to people, incidence refers to crimes: the canadian criminal justice system (cjs) involves (1) federal corrections, and (2) provincial corrections. Federal corrections houses any one whose prison sentences of 2 years or more for a variety of crimes but most often more serious or violent crimes. There is a decrease as you move down the funnel because plea bargains happen, and police can"t always make a case: the crime severity index tracks changes in severity of police reported crime from year to year. It looks at the rates of guilty verdicts, incarceration and length of sentences. This has shown that crimes are decreasing in severity: young women are most likely to be victims of overall crimes.
