CRM 2307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: National Crime Victimization Survey, Assault, Learning Disability

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2307
• Professor: Zoi Coucopoulos

Document Summary

Violent crimes: murders, assaults, robberies are commited for proit, jealousy, revenge, poliical, Measuring and understanding violence religious moives or pleasure. Those who are more fearful reported the least amount of vicimizaions. The concept of who is fearful and who should be fearful of vicimizaion. Fear of crime can be a barrier to paricipaion in health promoing physical and social aciviies. Individuals do not report because: they fear retaliaion, embarrassment, view the ofence as a private mater, may be crime paricipants and fear arrest if they report other crimes, fear of personal harm. Methods that vicims of violent crime use to protect themselves. The relaionship of the vicim to the ofender. The amount of crime that occurs in schools. The extent to which weapons are involved in crimes. Data concerning whether crimes are reported to the police. Where there is unemployment, youth, street gangs, less social cohesion and community reports.