SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Homicide, Mennonite Central Committee, Feminist Theory
26 Nov 2012
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Chapter 3: the nature and extent of crimes. The study of criminology asks and analyzes questions such as patterns in crime in order to gain knowledge. This knowledge develops theories and eventually predictions leading to crime control. Crime rates change for 5 reasons: some crimes a report-sensitive meaning that the crimes are still occurring but are not reported on so the public is never aware, policing-sensitive crimes affect the level of policing. Example: without proactive policing, drug crimes would not come to attention of police: definition crimes: a change in the law means a change in crime rates, media senstitive crimes, an actual real change in rate. Canadian centre for justice statistics collects data and statistics about crimes committed. The data is first represented as raw numbers. It is then showed in percentages and compared against previous years. Thirdly, the data is shown as crime per 100,000 people. Crimes that are cleared are also recorded in the ucr.
