CRM1300 Term Paper
Premiere Wynne,
Consider the following criminological conclusions and recommendations to reduce crime and protect victims.
1. The risk of crime and victimization to Canadians and its costs to taxpayers and to victims
According to the Institute for Prevention of Crime (2009), for every 1,000,000 Canadians there are 60,000 victims of assault, 16,000 victims of sexual assault, and 18,000 victims of theft from or of cars. These statistics are limited because they come from police recorded data. Statistics Canada surveys show that less than 50% of victims report to the police. Additionally, there are 600 recorded homicides annually. Approximately, 100-120 of these homicides are related to handguns and gangs. This gang related violence has increased drastically from the 1990’s. Crime rates have been relatively stable over a ten-year period for sexual and physical assaults, robberies, break and enter, motor vehicle thefts, theft of house property, and vandalism.
The cost of crime to taxpayers and to victims can be measured using three aspects. The first aspect is physical injury, the second aspect is trauma, and the third aspect is financial lost. The Department of Justice estimates that the total cost of crime to victims in Canada is over $83 billion annually just for corrections. Police protection and judicial costs taxpayers and victims an additional $121 billion and $55 billion annually. Each police officer costs taxpayers and victims roughly $100,000 annually. Similarly, taxpayers and victims pay around $100,000 to incarcerate one male inmate annually. These estimates come from police recorded data and are therefore not perfectly accurate
2. The causes and proven ways to reduce youth involvement in interpersonal crime The causes of interpersonal crime all point directly to our Canadian youth. Risk factors for future offenders are as follows:
“Be born into a family in relative poverty and inadequate housing,
Be brought up with
Consider the following criminological conclusions and recommendations to reduce crime and protect victims.
1. The risk of crime and victimization to Canadians and its costs to taxpayers and to victims
According to the Institute for Prevention of Crime (2009), for every 1,000,000 Canadians there are 60,000 victims of assault, 16,000 victims of sexual assault, and 18,000 victims of theft from or of cars. These statistics are limited because they come from police recorded data. Statistics Canada surveys show that less than 50% of victims report to the police. Additionally, there are 600 recorded homicides annually. Approximately, 100-120 of these homicides are related to handguns and gangs. This gang related violence has increased drastically from the 1990’s. Crime rates have been relatively stable over a ten-year period for sexual and physical assaults, robberies, break and enter, motor vehicle thefts, theft of house property, and vandalism.
The cost of crime to taxpayers and to victims can be measured using three aspects. The first aspect is physical injury, the second aspect is trauma, and the third aspect is financial lost. The Department of Justice estimates that the total cost of crime to victims in Canada is over $83 billion annually just for corrections. Police protection and judicial costs taxpayers and victims an additional $121 billion and $55 billion annually. Each police officer costs taxpayers and victims roughly $100,000 annually. Similarly, taxpayers and victims pay around $100,000 to incarcerate one male inmate annually. These estimates come from police recorded data and are therefore not perfectly accurate
2. The causes and proven ways to reduce youth involvement in interpersonal crime The causes of interpersonal crime all point directly to our Canadian youth. Risk factors for future offenders are as follows:
“Be born into a family in relative poverty and inadequate housing,
Be brought up with