SOC 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Culpable Homicide, Murder
28 Jun 2016
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Correlations are casual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship between two variables. 15-24 year olds commit the most crime, and are also the most victimized. Males are accused of crimes more than women for violent, property and sexual offences. Women are responsible for most of abductions, prostitutions and theft. Homicide, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping, threats. Homicide is when a person causes the death of a human being: culpable homicide is considered offence (murder, manslaughter, infanticide, non-culpable homicide is justifiable (police, self defense) Murder is when a person intentionally causes death of human being. Second degree is murder that is not first degree. Manslaughter is non-intentional homicide committed due to provocation. Infanticide is death of child under age 1 due to mother being disturbed post-partum. Serial murder is culpable homicide that involves the killing of 3 or more victims over time. Mass murder is killing or more people at the same time within the same event.
