CRIM 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Domestic Violence, Victimisation, First Nations
17 Feb 2016
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Crime rate- the number of criminal incidents known to the police expressed in terms of the number of people in the population. Generally for each 100,000 people (adults and children) Police may be counting on the most serious crimes among multiple offences committed by the same person: crime rate may not actually be declining. Self-report surveys: ask respondents whether they have committed a criminal offence. Victimization surveys: ask respondents whether they have been victims and if they reported it to police, and why not if they didn"t. Crime severity index has declined (volume and seriousness of police- reported crimes) the country. Rates of crime are highest in the territories and in the western regions of. Violent crime continues to decline (remains high in territories and selected western cities including winnipeg and saskatoon and in thunder bay) Property crimes have declined over the past decade. Police-reported youth crime has declined in recent years.
