WDW101Y1 Chapter 3: WDW205 Textbook Summary - Chapter 3
12 May 2011
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Chapter 3 the nature and extent of crime. Report-sensitive crimes- crimes that are sensitive to victims reporting them if a victim of sexual assault, for example, does not report it, then it is unlikely that the police will know. Policing-sensitive crimes- crimes sensitive to law enforcement drug crimes, for example, is proactively investigated by police, otherwise man drug offences would not be detected. Definition-sensitive crimes- crimes sensitive to legislative activity gambling, for example, has steadily been decriminalized by a loosening of criminal sanctions around gaming. Media-sensitive crimes- crime that is sensitive to media attention youth crime, for example, in the media increases public concern, which increases reports to police, which makes the news. Ucr uniform crime report- an aggregate census based on reports from police forces across canada, the official basis for criminological research in canada. Incident-based data- compared to aggregate crime data, incident-based data provides data on factors such as location of offence and relationship between offender and victim.
