PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: General Social Survey, Homicide, Impulsivity
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Psyc39 chapter 7: violent offending general violence and homicide. Violence: aggression that has extreme harm as its goal. Violent crime accounts for 1 in 8 criminal incidents in canada. Robbery often considered violent offence b/c it involves at the very least an implied threat of violence most robberies do not involve a weapon. Crime reported to police is an underestimate of the actual number of violent incidents some violent incidents do not to attention of the authorities. General social survey (gss) on victimization reflects reports from the. Canadian population aged 15 and older on their criminal victimization only. 33 percent of violent incidents reported to the police (reports higher for robbery [46%], then physical assaults [39%], and sexual assaults [8%]) Reporting to police more likely in incidents involving physical injury (47%) and for incidents involving weapons (53%) Men more likely to experience non-sexual violence than women women more likely to experience sexual violence than men.
