Which Canadians are most likely to commit crimes? Are older people more likely to commit crimes than younger people? Are men more likely to commit crimes than women? Are upper class people more or less likely to break the law than their lower class counterparts. Which provinces have the highest rate of crime? Each of these quesions asks about a correlate of crime. Correlates of crime are those phenomena that are associated with criminal activity. While a list of such phenomena would include any number of conditions, the discussion in this chapter will be limited to some of the social conditions that are correlated with crime.
On Tuesday I gave the class a booklet that walks you through the key points of the chapter. One important thing to remember is to do the booklet on your own. Use the booklet as a study guide/notes. The material in this chapter is fairly dense...lots of talk about research done by different social scientists. Although there are few definitive answers given...it allows you to appreciate how difficult it is to prove causation.
The booklet will be due this Friday
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