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Putting Deviance in Perspective: Some Statistics on Crime (2:51) ‘Canadas crime rate lowest in decades’

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Reporting bias in Crime Statistics  Police statistics under-reported to pad stats  Reporting of crime is inconsistent from place to place and from time to time  Eg- Domestic violence in Winnipeg: reported incidents in 1996 reported incidents  Reporting bias? Its an English study but you get the point…

Copyright © 2004 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Are you surprised by these stats?

Copyright © 2004 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada What about these stats?

Gender & Crime  Men make up over 80% of those charged with crime  They are more involved in violent crime and major property offences  From , the percentage of offences committed by women increased from 9 % to 18% Why do you think males commit more crime? Why do you think this stat is evolving?

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