Chapter 3- Crime,victims And The Community

Question 0

Dark figure of crime

Answer 0

Difference between how much crime occurs and how much crime is reported to or discovered by the police.
Reporting to the police has declined

Question 1

Crime rate

Answer 1

Number of incidents known to the police expressed of the number Of people in the population
For each 100,000 people

Question 2

Crime in provinces and territories

Answer 2

Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the Yukon have the highest crime rate
While the east provinces have the lowest

Question 3

Crime in First Nations and Inuit communities

Answer 3

There is an over representation of aboriginals at all stages of the justice process. Crime rates for aboriginals are five times higher than Canada as a whole

Question 4

Fear of crime and risks

Answer 4

Fear of crime is higher in low income families
Citizens 65 and older are more fearful
Women are more fearful because of sexual assault as well as violently being killed by their ex partners.

Question 5

Revictimization

Answer 5

Negative impact on victims or crime caused by the decisions and actions of criminal justice personnel.

Question 6

Restitution

Answer 6

Court ordered payment that the offender makes to the victim to compensate for loss or damage to property

Question 7

Programs and services for victims of crime

Answer 7

Crisis lines,hospitals, mental health agencies, translation services, child protections agencies, shelters for battered women and children

Question 8

NIMBY

Answer 8

Not in my backyard
Resistance that communities display in response to correctional systems efforts to locate programs and residences for offenders in a specific area.