This was quoted by Statistics Canada on July 18, 2000, in a publication of The Daily. ... Canadian society can be defined in relation to this paper as; all Canadian citizens habituated within Canada holding everything constant. ... Canada uses official data as their primary method of data collecting. ... In actuality the crime rate in Victoria has risen but the media fails to acknowledge this trend on account that the population is inferior and the city is not as dominant. ... When considering the demands that are placed upon the police in all off these three categories factors such ...

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In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter gun control. ... Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . ... From the study conducted by Sproule and Kennett the rate of violent crimes was five times greater in the U.S than Canada, and "almost double the rate of firearm use in American than Canadian homicides" (32-33). ... Accordi...

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Ottawa has 250 gang members made up of African-Canadians. York Region has 200 gang members made up of African-Canadian. ... These are just some of the statistics on gangs all around Canada. ... Long Gun Registry Pros and Cons Both the Canadian Police Association and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police have spoken in support of the gun registry. ... The most powerful motorcycle gang in Canada is the Hells Angel...

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The R.C.M.P has been around since the birth of Canada, but not always known as the R.C.M.P., at first it was known as the NWMP (North West Mounted Police). The new nation of Canada was taking shape and now was responsible for a vast portion of the North American continent. It was imperative that this area be settled and that Canadian authority be established. The population of Canada grew dramatically in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as immigrants and settlers moved west. ... A police force seemed better to deal with civil matters much easier than a military one due to problems l...

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New Zealand, like Canada, faces difficult challenges in her criminal justice system. ... There are striking similarities between Canadian and New Zealand criminal systems. ... The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines a crime as, "an offence punishable by law illegal acts as a whole...

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Indeed, trends in Australia from 1965 to 1985 demonstrate an increasing number of homicide cases being reported to the police, but since the figures are rising more slowly than the population, the homicide rate has actually fallen over this period, from nearly six per hundred thousand to less than 4.4. ... In Canada, the homicide rate fell from a peak of 3.09 per 100,000 population in 1975(the year before the abolition of the death penalty for murder) to 2.74 in 1983, and in 1986 it reached a 15-year low. ...

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