CRM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: General Social Survey, Motor Vehicle Theft, Homicide
7 Oct 2013
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Crime rates, crime trends, and perceptions of crime in canada. Fear of crime is measured in 2 ways: 1: feelings of satisfaction with personal safety from crime. 2: individuals anticipated fear or worry bout becoming a victim. 2. 1 million criminal code incidents were reported to the police (excluding traffic offences and federal level statutes, drug offences) 21% of all offences were classified as violent crimes, property crimes accounted for 63%, other. Violent crime rate declined 3% from 09 to 2010. Volume and severity of police-reported violent crimes decreased were: Attempted murder (-14%), homicide (-9%), robbery (-6%), serious assaults (-5%) Firearm offences (+12%), criminal harassment (7%), all types of sexual assaults (+6%), abductions (+3%) Violent crime severity index decreased by 6% in 2010. Property crimes made for most reported crimes (63%) in 2010. Most common property crimes were theft under ,000, break and enter, & motor vehicle theft (3 account for 89% of property crimes)
