C Block Criminology - Today we'll
look at gangs and gang activity in Canada. Your job will be to make a gang information poster about organized crime in Canada. In Triads (groups of three) you'll need to identify the gangs we have in Canada (aboriginal crime groups, cartels,
ethnic crime groups, and outlaw motorcycle gangs) and explain the activities of each group: What do
they do? How do they do it? What do they control? Where are they based in
Canada?Organized crime by nature (according to Howard Abadinsky) is monopolistic - in other words organized crime groups want to have a monopoly over a specific geographic area for the illicit activity they wish to pursue. (Note: use the section in your text to help as well). For more stories about organized crime (especially a particularly interesting court case in Ontario and Manitoba involving the Bandidos) see:
Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (OCABC)
Organized Crime - Vancouver Sun
Preventing Organized Crime - Government of Canada
Canada's gang hotspots — are you in one?
Hells Angels Under Pressure
The Aboriginal Gangs of Winnipeg
Girls and Gangland
8 Brutal & Violent Canadian Gangs You Never Knew Existed
Organized Crime in Canada - RCMP
Organized Crime in Canada - CISC
Youth gangs in Canada: What do we know?
The Nature of Canadian Urban Gangs (look @ section 2.1 - Definitions)
Public Safety Canada - Organized Crime Research
CBC News: Biker Gangs in Canada
Prime Time Crime: Gangs in Canada
A good video of the article from Vice above is:
D Block Law - Today we are back in the library for our next day to work on our Canadian Criminal Defense project. Don't forget that you need to find two recent (in the last three years) criminal cases where a defense we discussed this past week was used. The defenses are: Alibi, Non-Insane Automatism, Intoxication, Insane Automatism, Battered Woman Syndrome, Self-defense, Necessity, Duress, Ignorance of the law, Mistake of fact, Entrapment, Double jeopardy, and Provocation. Places to find cases - CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. Click through the databases on the side (provinces and territories) and search by year (2012-2011-2010)...anytime you see Supreme/Superior court or court of Queen's Bench you'll find serious criminal cases (remember look for R. v. in the case citation). You may also look at The Courts of British Columbia Judgments, Ontario Superior Court of Justice Judgments (you can find a link to all provinces' and territories' courts here)
A Block Physical Geography - Okay so I get it when you think about deserts normally this comes to mind:
Those cartoon backgrounds were inspired by this:
Today we will look at deserts and desert environments. We'll see the different types of deserts. I'll show you the Namib desert and the Skeleton Coast and then you'll define alluvial fan, playa, yardang, and sand dune. You'll have a question on desertification and there are some good websites to help. For desertification watch this:
For the websites look here:
United Nations Convention to Combat DesertificationUSGS Desertification page
Green Facts Scientific page on Desertification
Great Sand Dune National Park Colorado, U.S.A.
Do you know what used to be under the Saharan desert sands? Nope not candy. Check out the image and article on Smithsonian about ancient riverbeds below the Saharan sands (or IFL Science here or Ecowatch here). And you could watch this fascinatingly poor dub of an article on a really good video about the sub Saharan river systems:
B Block Human Geography - We are back in the library working on a language project. Don't forget, your job will be to create an information graphic poster on an endangered language. For your endangered language you’ll need to:
- Show where the endangered language originated and diffused to (yes on a map).
- Show the connection to the family, branch, and group of the endangered language. (Use your best judgment on this).
- Show where the language is spoken today, indicate how many people speak it.
- Show Unique features of this endangered language (What makes it different to and similar than others?)
- Show examples of how the language is written and or spoken
- Show why your endangered language is important to save
- Show how your endangered language is both being threatened (contributing factors) and being saved
- Show how people can find more info (links...sources cited)
What can your poster look like? Here are some stock vector examples for layout ideas
And then you could use this Spanish language infoposter as a guide as well
3 comments:
Motor Vehicle Theft
Under section 355(1) of the Criminal Code, auto theft
is defined as "Taking motor vehicle or vessel or found
therein without consent." Nearly I10 00o vehicles
were stolen in Canada-in 2009, down 15.5 percent
from the previous year, and a-40 percent decrease
Since 1999.
Though almost all motor vehicle
reported to police (as every province requires owners
to insure their vehicles).
In recent years, organized crime groups have becomme
increasingly involved in motor vehicle theft, ship-
ping stolen vehicles to foreign countries for resale
at high profits. Canada ranks in the top one-third of
industrialized countries for car thefts.
Types of Motor Vehicle Theft
A number of attempts have been made to categorize
the various forms of motor vehicle theft. The researchers uncovered five categories of auto
theft transactions:
Joyriding. Many motor vehicle thefts are motivated by teen-
agers' desire to acquire the power, prestige, sexual potency, and
recognition associated with an automobile. Joyriders steal cars
not for profit or gain but to experience, even briefly, the benefits
associated with owning an automobile.
2term transportation is similar to joyriding. It involves the theft of a
car, an SUV, or other motor vehicle simply to go from one place to
another. In more serious cases, the thief may drive to another city
and then steal another vehicle to continue the journey.
Short-term transportation. Motor vehicle theft for short-
3 Long-term transportation. Thieves who steal motor vehicles
for long-term transportation intend to keep the cars for their
personal use. Usually older than joyriders and from a lower-class
background, these thieves may repaint and otherwise disguise
vehicles to avoid detection.
4 Profit. Motor vehicle theft for profit is motivated by the hope
of monetary gain. At one extreme are highly organized profes-
sionals who resell expensive cars after altering their identification
numbers and falsifying their registration papers. At the other end
of the scale are amateur auto strippers who steal batteries, tires,
and wheel covers to sell them or re-equip their own cars.
5 Commission of another crime. A few motor vehicle thieves
steal vehicles to use in other crimes, such as robberies and
thefts. This type of thief desires both mobility and anonymity
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft
Motor vehicle theft is a significant target of situ-
national crime prevention efforts. One approach- to
theft deterrence has been to increase the risks of
apprehension.
Another approach has been to place flourescent decals on windows indicating that the car is never used between 1:00 and 5:00 am and if the police spot the car with this, they know that it is stolen
The "Boomerang" system installs a hidden
tracking device in cars; the device gives off a signal-
enabling the police to pinpoint its location.
Motor Vehicle Theft
Under section 355(1) of the Criminal Code, auto theft
is defined as "Taking motor vehicle or vessel or found
therein without consent." Nearly I10 00o vehicles
were stolen in Canada-in 2009, down 15.5 percent
from the previous year, and a-40 percent decrease
Since 1999.
Though almost all motor vehicle
reported to police (as every province requires owners
to insure their vehicles).
In recent years, organized crime groups have becomme
increasingly involved in motor vehicle theft, ship-
ping stolen vehicles to foreign countries for resale
at high profits. Canada ranks in the top one-third of
industrialized countries for car thefts.
Types of Motor Vehicle Theft
A number of attempts have been made to categorize
the various forms of motor vehicle theft. The researchers uncovered five categories of auto
theft transactions:
Joyriding. Many motor vehicle thefts are motivated by teen-
agers' desire to acquire the power, prestige, sexual potency, and
recognition associated with an automobile. Joyriders steal cars
not for profit or gain but to experience, even briefly, the benefits
associated with owning an automobile.
2term transportation is similar to joyriding. It involves the theft of a
car, an SUV, or other motor vehicle simply to go from one place to
another. In more serious cases, the thief may drive to another city
and then steal another vehicle to continue the journey.
Short-term transportation. Motor vehicle theft for short-
3 Long-term transportation. Thieves who steal motor vehicles
for long-term transportation intend to keep the cars for their
personal use. Usually older than joyriders and from a lower-class
background, these thieves may repaint and otherwise disguise
vehicles to avoid detection.
4 Profit. Motor vehicle theft for profit is motivated by the hope
of monetary gain. At one extreme are highly organized profes-
sionals who resell expensive cars after altering their identification
numbers and falsifying their registration papers. At the other end
of the scale are amateur auto strippers who steal batteries, tires,
and wheel covers to sell them or re-equip their own cars.
5 Commission of another crime. A few motor vehicle thieves
steal vehicles to use in other crimes, such as robberies and
thefts. This type of thief desires both mobility and anonymity
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft
Motor vehicle theft is a significant target of situ-
national crime prevention efforts. One approach- to
theft deterrence has been to increase the risks of
apprehension.
Another approach has been to place flourescent decals on windows indicating that the car is never used between 1:00 and 5:00 am and if the police spot the car with this, they know that it is stolen
The "Boomerang" system installs a hidden
tracking device in cars; the device gives off a signal-
enabling the police to pinpoint its location.
Motor Vehicle Theft
Under section 355(1) of the Criminal Code, auto theft
is defined as "Taking motor vehicle or vessel or found
therein without consent." Nearly I10 00o vehicles
were stolen in Canada-in 2009, down 15.5 percent
from the previous year, and a-40 percent decrease
Since 1999.
Though almost all motor vehicle
reported to police (as every province requires owners
to insure their vehicles).
In recent years, organized crime groups have becomme
increasingly involved in motor vehicle theft, ship-
ping stolen vehicles to foreign countries for resale
at high profits. Canada ranks in the top one-third of
industrialized countries for car thefts.
Types of Motor Vehicle Theft
A number of attempts have been made to categorize
the various forms of motor vehicle theft. The researchers uncovered five categories of auto
theft transactions:
Joyriding. Many motor vehicle thefts are motivated by teen-
agers' desire to acquire the power, prestige, sexual potency, and
recognition associated with an automobile. Joyriders steal cars
not for profit or gain but to experience, even briefly, the benefits
associated with owning an automobile.
2term transportation is similar to joyriding. It involves the theft of a
car, an SUV, or other motor vehicle simply to go from one place to
another. In more serious cases, the thief may drive to another city
and then steal another vehicle to continue the journey.
Short-term transportation. Motor vehicle theft for short-
3 Long-term transportation. Thieves who steal motor vehicles
for long-term transportation intend to keep the cars for their
personal use. Usually older than joyriders and from a lower-class
background, these thieves may repaint and otherwise disguise
vehicles to avoid detection.
4 Profit. Motor vehicle theft for profit is motivated by the hope
of monetary gain. At one extreme are highly organized profes-
sionals who resell expensive cars after altering their identification
numbers and falsifying their registration papers. At the other end
of the scale are amateur auto strippers who steal batteries, tires,
and wheel covers to sell them or re-equip their own cars.
5 Commission of another crime. A few motor vehicle thieves
steal vehicles to use in other crimes, such as robberies and
thefts. This type of thief desires both mobility and anonymity
Combating Motor Vehicle Theft
Motor vehicle theft is a significant target of situ-
national crime prevention efforts. One approach- to
theft deterrence has been to increase the risks of
apprehension.
Another approach has been to place flourescent decals on windows indicating that the car is never used between 1:00 and 5:00 am and if the police spot the car with this, they know that it is stolen
The "Boomerang" system installs a hidden
tracking device in cars; the device gives off a signal-
enabling the police to pinpoint its location.
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