CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Motor Vehicle Theft, Theft, Shoplifting
9 Mar 2016
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Youth criminal justice act: have a profile of general youth crime patterns, trends, selected offences. Media: most common info source: newspaper and news reports, limitations reported without historical context/ discussion of the limitation of the sources a, misleading and contribute to public fears about youth crime rate. Csi for youth violent crime decreased by 4. 9% Youth court survey: advantage: available for the entire country. International youth survey 2006 sample of student from grade 7-9 in toronto involvement in violent behaviours, property and drug offences socioecon, family factors. Implications: national longitudinal survey of children and youth, 1994-1995, collect data from 22000 children up to age 11 c. 5: 90% adolescents admit have commit delinquent act, nlscy 1994-1995, age 12-13, girl: 30% involved in delinquent of property/ aggressive nature, boys: 40% property, 66% aggressive. Implications i. ii. iii. flat trend of victimization rate slight increase in % due to increase of property crime.
