Monday, March 10, 2025

Tuesday, March 11. 2025

Today's schedule is CDAB

A Block Physical Geography - Today we're in the learning commons / library to begin our research on the Orting College case study. Should the town of Orting, Washington, build a new college to attract people to their community or not? What will the impact of increased population be on the tiny town that sits in the shadows of Mt. Rainier? The assignment is in your Tectonics package and was adapted from the following website: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html

The following URL’s will help:

Orting USGS Topographic Map (Use the 2017 Orting 7.5 Minute Topo Map) 



A note of caution...

What is the greatest danger to Orting? Of all that could potentially happen at Mount Rainier what poses the greatest threat? Now ask yourself what triggers that threat? What causes it to happen? Last think about the statistical likelyhood of that event happening. How likely is the event to occur in the next 5, 10, 100, or 1000 years? Check out the risk analysis section of the COTF website for help here.
 


B Block Criminology - Today we'll discuss homicide. We'll discuss the divisions of murder in Canada, the extent of murder in Canada, and murderous relations (acquaintance and stranger homicide). A homicide occurs when a person directly or indirectly, by any means, causes the death of a human being. Homicide is either culpable (murder, manslaughter or infanticide) or non-culpable (not an offence). A murder occurs when a person intentionally, by a willful act or omission, causes the death of another human being, or means to cause bodily harm that the person knows is likely to cause death.
First degree murder occurs when:
  • it is planned and deliberate; or
  • the victim is a person employed and acting in the course of his/her work for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace (e.g. police officer, correctional worker); or
  • the death is caused by a person committing or attempting to commit certain serious offences (e.g. treason, kidnapping, hijacking, sexual assault, robbery and arson).
Second degree murder is all murder that is not first degree while Manslaughter is culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide.

In Canada, homicides represent a fraction of the total number of police-reported violent Criminal Code offences each year. 

In Canada, homicides remain relatively rare events, accounting for less than 0.1% of all police-reported violent crimes in 2023. These incidents include first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter and infanticide. While homicide occurs relatively infrequently in Canada, homicide rates are considered a benchmark for measuring levels of violent activity both in Canada and internationally. 

Statistics Canada says that in 2023, police services reported 778 homicides across the country, 104 fewer victims than the previous year. As a result, the national homicide rate decreased by 14%, from 2.27 to 1.94 homicides per 100,000 population. Gang-related homicides and intimate partner homicides all experienced declines, contributing to the overall reduction in the national homicide rate. 

Some Statistics of note:
  • Eight provinces saw reductions in their homicide rates. The largest decline was in New Brunswick (-42%), while Nova Scotia (-29%) and British Columbia (-23%) also saw notable declines.
  • 26 of Canada's 42 CMAs (Census Metropolitan Areas - Cities) recorded declines in their homicide rate from 2022 to 2023. The three largest CMAs—Toronto (-14%), Montréal (-21%) and Vancouver (-37%)—experienced significant reductions in homicide rates in 2023.
  • Nearly 4 in 10 (39%) homicides were committed with a firearm in 2023. Consistent with recent years, handguns were the most common firearm used in these crimes, accounting for 56% of firearm-related homicides in 2023.
  • 173 gang-related homicides were committed in 2023, 31 fewer than the previous year, corresponding to a rate of 0.43 per 100,000 population, accounting for approximately one-quarter of all homicides in 2023
  • Women accounted for a disproportionate number of victims of intimate partner homicide in 2023. While there were 36 fewer victims of intimate partner homicides in 2023 (67 victims, down from 103 in 2022), women accounted for 73% of victims.
  • In 2023, just over one in four (26%) homicide victims were Indigenous, despite representing 5% of the overall population. This overrepresentation translates to a homicide rate of 9.31 per 100,000 Indigenous people, a figure more than six times higher than the rate for non-Indigenous Canadians.
  • In 2023, 30% of all homicide victims (235) were identified as belonging to a racialized group Black (39%) and South Asian (20%). The overall rate of homicide for racialized victims (1.98 victims per 100,000 population) was higher than the homicide rate for non-racialized victims (1.90 per 100,000 population).

778 is a lot, but...and I know the population of the USA is almost 10x that of Canada...still there were a total of 19,252 reported homicide cases in the U.S. in 2023 (an estimated nationwide decrease of 11.6% compared to the previous year). When looking at murder victims by gender and ethnicity, the vast majority were male, while just over half of the victims were Black or African American. In addition, homicide victims in the United States were found most likely to be between the ages of 20 and 34 years old, with the majority of victims aged between 17 to 54 years old.

From "2023 Homicide Statistics for 24 U.S. Cities" Published at the Center for Public Safety Initiatives Rochester Institute of Technology 

Today's Fit...


 


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