SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Welfare Fraud, Street Prostitution, Domestic Violence
Document Summary
Women in conflict with the law and their relationship and life circumstances. Crime rates: women are charged with far fewer and less serious crimes when compared to men. Most frequently charged with theft under 5000, prostitution, and level 1 assault (common physical fights), fraud (usually welfare fraud) and possession/ trafficking (weed) (all of these crimes sum to 55% of charges laid against women) History of victimization, sexual, physical abuse and usually ignore these past events (72% of provincially sentenced) ( 82% of federal sentenced ) (90% of aboriginal women) 43% of federally sentenced women have substance abuse or addiction drug problems which are connected to history of abuse. High degree of economic marginalization (24%) of canadian women who are single mothers are poor which is down from (53% in 1996) 5 times more likely to be poor if a women lives on her own / 13 times higher for senior women living on their own.
