Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Thursday, February 10. 2022

Today's schedule is DCBA


D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our work on the Prince Rupert topographic map from the Canadian Landscape (pages 20 - 23). We'll work on questions 1 & 2 together and then I'll need you to finish questions 3, 4 a & b, 5, 7 a, b, d & e, and 9 a & b. Use Google Earth or Google Maps to help you with this assignment. 

For more on Prince Rupert check out:
The Northern View
Love Prince Rupert

And remember the vids I posted on the blog yesterday...they can help too

For the last question about heartland and hinterland check out the following links on core and periphery (same concept) at:

C Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Question: Why Are Some Human Actions Not Sustainable? We'll look at what a resource is (renewable and non-renewable) along with the uses and misuses of resources by humans. We'll figure out what Sustainability means and I'll need you to fill in the chart in your week 2 package on the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy, and society.




B Block Criminology - I'd like you to choose 5 Violent, 5 Property and 5 Social crimes in Canada, from the lists below, and identify if you think they are increasing, decreasing or are steady (unchanging).

Violent violations include: homicide, attempted murder, sexual assault (levels 1-3), assault level 3 aggravated, assault level 2 weapon or bodily harm, assault level 1, assault peace officer, assaulting with a weapon or causing bodily harm to a peace officer, aggravated assault to a peace officer, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats, sexual violations against children, firearms (use of, discharge, pointing), forcible confinement or kidnapping, abduction, extortion, Indecent/Harassing communications, commodification of sexual activity,

Property violations include: B&E, theft of motor vehicle, theft over $5000, theft under $5000, mischief, possession of stolen property,  trafficking in stolen property, fraud, identity theft, identity fraud, arson, altering, removing or destroying vehicle identification number (VIN).

Social violations include: disturbing the peace, impaired driving, child pornography (possession, production and distribution), drug offences (possession, production and distribution), weapons (possession, production and distribution), prostitution (purchasing sexual services or communicating with the intention of buying sex)

We'll see what you think about crime trends and then we'll look at the BC Crime trends from 2009 - 2018 and then we'll talk about the disparity (difference) between the public perception of violent crime and the actual rates of violent crime in Canada....hint take a look to the left.

The crime data indicate that rates have declined significantly in the past few years and are now far less than they were a decade ago. Suspected causes for the crime rate drop include an increasing prison population, more police on the street, the end of the crack epidemic and the age structure of society. The data sources show relatively stable patterns in the crime rate. Ecological patterns show that crime varies by season and by urban versus rural environment, however there is evidence of gender patterns in the crime rate: Men commit more crime than women. Age is one of the largest influences on crime; young people commit more crime than the elderly (and there are fewer young people in society)


Crime data show that people commit less crime as they age, but the significance and cause of this pattern are still not completely understood. Similarly, racial and class patterns appear in the crime rate. However, it is still unclear whether these are true differences or a function of discriminatory law enforcement.

Although police-reported crime in Canada (measured by the Crime Severity Index CSI) increased for the fourth year in a row in 2018, the national CSI was 17% lower in 2018 than a decade earlier.  Of note....the police-reported crime rate and the CSI include only those incidents that come to the attention of police, either through reporting by the public or through pro-active policing. Results from the most recent General Social Survey on Victimization found that just under one-third (31%) of violent and non-violent incidents were reported to the police.

Since 1962, Statistics Canada has collected information on all criminal incidents reported by Canadian police services through its annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey. In addition to the UCR, Statistics Canada also collects information on victims of crime through the General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), which is conducted every five years. Unlike the UCR, the GSS on Victimization collects data on self-reported experiences with crime which include incidents that may or may not have been brought to the attention of the police. These complementary surveys are the primary sources of data on crime and victimization in Canada.

Highlights of the Stats Can Report show:

The change in the CSI in 2018 was the result of higher police-reported rates of numerous offences. Ordered by their relative impact on the CSI, these offences include fraud (+13%); level 1 sexual assault, meaning without a weapon or evidence of bodily harm (+15%); shoplifting of $5,000 or under (+14%); and theft over $5,000 (+15%). These increases were partially offset by decreases for some other offences, including lower rates of breaking and entering (-1%) and robbery (-3%)

Today I'll have you work on three questions about crime trends (don't worry, you'll get time tomorrow for this too):
  1. Using pages 37 to 46 in the CRIM textbook outline and explain the crime patterns in relation to ecology, firearms, social class, age, gender and race.
  2. What is a chronic offender and what is the significance of Marvin Wolfgang's discovery (why is identifying the chronic offender important)?
  3. How would you explain the gender differences in the crime rate (why do you think males are more violent than females)? 
A Block Legal Studies - Today, I'll have you continue your Charter work by answering questions 1-4 of the Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007) on page 44 in the text. 

This deals with whether limits imposed on tobacco manufacturers’ freedom of expression by provisions of Tobacco Act and Tobacco Products Information Regulations are justified (referring to Charter sections section 2.b Freedom of Expression and section 1 Reasonable Limits). For help with Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007)  check out:

Canadian Out of Home Marketing & Measurement Bureau Tobacco Guidelines
Canadian Encyclopedia Tobacco Advertising Ban Unconstitutional
The Atlantic Does Cigarette Marketing Count as Free Speech?
Tobacco control laws Canada
Yes Victoria, there is a limit to free speech
No logos: Tobacco firms under tight timeline to adopt plain packaging
Plain cigarette packs to hit shelves as 'best in the world' regulations kick in
Imperial Tobacco Canada Plain Pack

*warning there is potty mouth so please be aware and watch with care
 

 

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