The Rise Of Violent Crime In Canada

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all raise their prices for certain food products. People then refer very
casually to this act as a crime or that these prices are criminal. Individuals
in our Society often have a fear of being victimized by others, such as the
government, friends and or strangers. This fear is often equated with crime
since all crimes have a winner and a loser or victim as would be the legal term.
This equation often makes involvement in these acts of "crime" a personal thing.
Which results in stronger feelings and sometimes irrational thinking towards the
whole subject of crime. Many times people are not reporting these crimes
because it is their duty in a society to help uphold the laws of ones society.
In actuality, they are reporting the crime for needed compensation whether it be
for medical costs or lost wages. Another reason some people report crimes is
because they are doing it as an avenging act to extract a revenge they could not
otherwise get for themselves. This is a ...

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which society makes attempts and rules to regulate behaviour in society "

The Importance of the laws are measured by the level of punishments imposed upon
the offender and the sanctions in place against the law. An example of this is
lying and skipping class are considered to be minor infractions, where as murder
is considered to be one of the most atrocious acts that could be committed by a
person.

Since the beginning of Canada, that is to say its formation as a dominion,
there has always been a crime rate for the population. Fluxations and
statistics have been recorded about the happenings of crime in Canadian culture.
These statistics have long been studied by Sociologists ...

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