Today we discussed correlates of crime and how it related to the documentary The Interupters.
The class came up with the following correlates:

Age
    - most crime is committed by youth
    - most of the individuals in the documentary were young
    - ages ranged from 15-24.

Sex
    - most were males (some were females but not many)

Race
    - African American
    - Hispanics

Socio-economic Status
    - poor
    - uneducated
    - unemployed
    - single parent homes

Region
    - inner city
    - Chicago
    - rough part of town
    - easy access to drugs/guns

Drug use
    -  most of the guys were either using drugs or selling drugs


We also starting working on a Ch 5 booklet which is due on Thursday Nov. 29