POLS 3300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Socalled, Refinancing, Breathalyzer
9 Aug 2016
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Crime rates fall to the lowest level since 1973 cbc news, 2011. Beginning of story content: canada"s crime rate is the lowest in nearly 40 years, according to statistics canada, as the volume of crime dropped 5% in 2010 from the year before. Fewer homicides: homicides dropped by 10% from 2009 to 2010 with the national rate of 1. 62 homicides per. 100,000 population of the lowest since 1966 this decline was led by the decrease in british. Columbia"s homicide rate: attempted murders were also down from 2009 as were break-ins, motor vehicle theft, serious assaults, robbery, and impaired driving, but police reported an increase in sexual assaults, firearm-related offences, child pornography, and drug offences. Ontario, prince edward island, and new brunswick: st. john"s had the largest increase in crime severity, regina reported the highest crime severity index, followed by saskatoon and winnipeg. Tough-on-crime agenda questioned: simon fraser university criminologist neil boyd said that the figures undermine the federal.
