Friday, February 14. 2025

Happy Valentines Day. Today's schedule is DCBA

B Block Criminology 12 - You have time to finish your work on crime trends from the past two days. It's due today. I will give you your note sheet for next week's quiz on crime trends (next Thursday (Feb 20th)

After, we'll talk about victims of crime. Every day we have specific routines we engage in. Many of these routines are tailored to preventing us from becoming victims of crime. We do things like lock our doors, watch where we walk at night, or avoid walking alone. We take these actions because at some level we are afraid of the possibility of being a victim of crime. Despite taking these actions people often fall prey to crime in Canada. So what do we know about victimization?

1. Women were at higher risk than men of being victims of a violent crime
2. Age was the key risk factor in violent victimization
3. Drug use, binge drinking and the frequency of evening activities were associated with the risk of violent victimization
4. Mental health was associated with the risk of violent victimization
5. People who suffered child maltreatment were more likely to be victims of a violent crime
6. People with a history of homelessness were more likely to report being a victim of a violent crime
7. The risk of violent victimization was higher among people residing in a neighbourhood with low social cohesion
8. Aboriginal people, in particular women, were more likely to be victims
9. One-quarter of violent incidents took place at the victim’s place of work
10. The majority of offenders were male and, on average, in their early thirties
11. Most victims knew their attacker
12. Most violent incidents did not involve weapons and did not result in physical injury
13. Low social cohesion was associated with a higher risk of household victimization
14. Households residing in apartments or condos were less likely to be victimized by household crime
15. The size of the household was linked to the risk of victimization
16. One incident in five resulted in losses of $1,000 or more
17. Most incidents of victimization did not come to the attention of the police

We will focus on the impact that crime has on victims. We'll try to examine the impacts of crime on victims (both short and long term)

I'll go over some notes with you on this and we'll try to understand how violence and violent crime (out next topic in the course) is a traumatic event that impacts human lives.

A Block Physical Geography 12 - So since we clearly didn't get to finish this yesterday...today we'll finish our notes on core, mantle, and crust and then, you may use the Earth Interior web page or the Dynamic Earth webpage or the Layers of the Earth section of the Physical Geography and Natural Disasters textbook, or the Lumen Understanding Earth’s Interior page or the National Geographic Earth Interior page or the Live Science Earth Interior page to help with the questions from your tectonics workbook:

• Describe the asthenosphere. Why is it also known as the plastic layer? What are the consequences of its convection currents? (p. 217)
• What is a discontinuity? Describe the principal discontinuities within the Earth. (p.217)

You could use this diagram for your notes in the workbook

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