PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Property Crime, Social Class, Forensic Psychology

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11 Sep 2014
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Influence of the media: the press sensationalize stories to engage audience, does not reveal a lot about the nature of the crime and the facts, should focus on empirical studies, sociology and psychology of crime. 44% of canadians believe more money needs to be spent on criminal justice system: tv news is seen as most important source for information (tv shows being the least) Impact of risk and need model of criminal conduct: wisconsin model. Level of service inventory-revised (lsi-r: correctional service of canada (csc) uses offender intake assessment, renamed as dynamic factor identification analysis. Case studies: most individuals when engaged in crime have are ordinary people with ordinary problems, but made poor choices. Crime trends: general decline, property crime is highest, violent is lowest, not all crimes are reported to the police, generally more crimes among males than females, most common is young male offenders.

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