PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: General Social Survey, Social Learning Theory, Psychopathy
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Chapter 7: violent offending general violence and homicide. Violent crime = 1/8 criminal incidents in canada. Violent crime reported to police in 2007 = 930/100,000 ppl: decreased since in 1990s, lowest rate in ontario; highest = sask. Violent crime by youth (12-17) increased fairly steadily over past 20 yrs: violent crime reported by youth = 6811/100,000 ppl. General social survey on victimization: canadian population age 15 and older on their criminal victimation, only 33% of violent incidents reported to police, reporting rates highest for robbery (46%) Similar rates of violent victimization 102 per 1000 for women; 111 per 1000 for men. Rate of violent victimation highest among those aged 15-24. Hostile aggression = affective, impulsive, reactive, emotional and expressive aggression. Differ in the ultimate goal but the proximate goal for both is to harm the victim. Intstrumental aggression rating measure to assess extent to which violence is instrumental versus horstile. 4 key categories: unstructured clinical judgement.
