Violent incidents up as youth crime climbs three per cent in 2006
May 16, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Youth homicides reached their highest point on record in 2006 as the crime rate among young people aged 12 to 17 climbed three per cent from 2005.
Statistics Canada reports a rise in violent crime rates among youth, including homicides, and crime rates for "other" Criminal Code offences such as mischief and disturbing the peace.
James Morton
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2 comments:
'nuff said.
They would only be interesting if there was any correlation between crime rate and punishment. No such correlation exists.
A couple of relevant points on the stats are that the number of homicides commited by youth are statistically too low to draw any conclusions from an increase or decrease.
The increase in violent offences is fueled by the increase in simple assault charges. Bala points out that this increase can be explained by the simple fact more are being reported rather than commited. I suspect the largest source for these charges is the zero tolerance policy in schools. Once assaults were resolved without police, and now the police are involved as a matter of policy.
Pat Y
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