Chapter 3 Flashcards
No reliable official statistics were kept prior to what date __.
1876
Explain the difference between “Official Data” and “Unofficial Data”
Official data is from the Canadian Center for Justice Statistics which collects its data from the police, courts and corrections.
Unofficial data comes from private or independent researchers or research facilities (usually from surveys)
what did Corrado and Markwart believe about violent crime
that violent crime is increasing
What did Carrington believe about crime
that violent crime was not increasing
what did Gabor think about violent crime
that the number of crime isn’t increasing but the seriousness of crimes is increasing
When did violent crime drop and then pick up again
crime rates dropped from the 80’s and early 90’s but then picked up again in the mid 2000’s
What is the Crime Severity Index (CSI)
used weighting system to measure youth offences according to their seriousness
When did the CSI peek (what year)
2007
what are two big reasons for non violent youth crime dropping and what was the biggest category of non violent crime
- Baby bloomers are no longer children anymore which means less youth people
- abortions are a thing with also means less young people
the biggest category for non violent crime was property crime
What are (court dispositions)
sentences for young people
What does Dada from the CCJS show
- there are more guilty verdicts and harsher sentences in the 1990s
- in 2004, trends appear to be less punitive
What is a flaw in court case completion time
It takes to long
- longer to process
- young offenders held in pre-trial detention adds to their imprisonment
What is Sebastien’s Law
allows young offenders who commit serious/violent acts or repeat offenders to be detained during pre-trial detention and can possibly publish their names
What is Recidivism
Repetition of criminal behaviour from a youth
what are administrative offences
offences that happen that effect a courts process
(eg. no showing up to court)
