Attitudes toward the criminal justice system in a high crime Canadian community
Authors: Michael Weinath, Janna Young, and Steven Kohm
Overview
Abstract (English)
Responses from two surveys of fear of crime and victimization in an inner-city neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Canada (2006-2007) were used to assess the relationship between fear of crime, prior victimization and attitudes toward police and the Canadian criminal courts in a high-crime community context. Responses from the local survey are compared with similar data from Canada’s 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) on victimization and perceptions of the criminal justice system. Analysis suggests that overall levels of fear and victimization are higher in the inner city than figures in the 2004 GSS, and low income residents have significantly lower levels of satisfaction with the police and the operation of the criminal courts. Race relations between police and Indigenous peoples are a particular problem.
Abstract (French)
On s’est servi des reponses a deux enquetes sur la peur du crime et de la victimisation dans un quartier defavorise du centre de Winnipeg (2006-2007) afin d’evaluer le lien entre la peur du crime, la victimisation anterieure et les attitudes envers la police de meme qu’envers les tribunaux canadiens dans le contexte d’une communuaute a haute criminalite. On a fait une comparaison entre les reponses de l’enquete locale et les donnees provenant de l’Enquete sociale generale (ESG) du Canada (2004) sur la victimisation et sur la perception du systeme de justice penale. L’analyse suggere que le niveau general de peur et de victimisation est plus eleve dans le quartier du centre que ce que rapportent les statistiques de I’ESG (2004), et que les habitants a faibles revenus ressentent bien moins de satisfaction envers la police et le fonctionnement des tribunaux. Les relations interraciales entre la police et la population autochtone constitue un probleme particulier.
Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | Michael Weinath, Janna Young, and Steven Kohm |
Publication Year | 2012 |
Title | Attitudes toward the criminal justice system in a high crime Canadian community |
Volume | 21 |
Journal Name | Canadian Journal of Urban Research |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 112-131 |
Publication Language | English |
- Michael Weinath
- Michael Weinath, Janna Young, and Steven Kohm
- Attitudes toward the criminal justice system in a high crime Canadian community
- Canadian Journal of Urban Research
- 21
- 2012
- 2
- 112-131