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8-2 Crime Statistics

Vocabulary
1) Click on the link for each word and check its meaning if you don’t know it,
and then use them to fill in the blanks in the letter below. Remember that you
may need to change the forms of some words to fit the grammar of the
sentence.

 data  issue  identify

 involve  community  majority

 percent  publish  previous

 evidence

Hello,

community

We at the Vancouver Police Department are asking the   in finding a


data

thief, and you may be in a position to help us. Your credit card   

shows that you were in the area of this crime yesterday, but, rest assured --
involved

we do not believe that you were   in the crime.

We need you to come to the downtown headquarters to see if you


identify

can   a man you may have seen at a gas station yesterday. We have

already   an artist’s sketch of the suspect’s face in newspapers and


on various social media. However, we are relying on eye witnesses for
majority evidence

the   of our   because of the nature of the crime. Coming to

the headquarters and cooperating with us is a simple process. We will line

up 6 men, each with a   number, and you will state which number the
issue

man is. Do not worry about falsely   a man. Only if you are
percent

100   sure of the man you saw will we move onto the next steps.

It would be best if you could come today as your memory of the events may
publish

still be fresh in your mind. Also, we don’t want to   this warning to the

community if we already have the suspect in custody.

previous

As stated  , we at the Vancouver Police Department value the

assistance of the public in such cases. We appreciate your cooperation in

this matter.

Vancouver Police Department


Reading
3) Read the following CBC article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/police-reported-
crime-statistics-canada-1.5219995) on Canada’s crime statistics and answer the
following questions. (Answers will vary)

a.What does the title of the article tell you?

There is an increase in reported crimes, and a down in hate crimes

b.How many years in a row has police-reported crime increased?

Four years

c.What do the federal agency’s data show?

There was an increase in fraud, some sexual assaults, shoplifting and thefts
over $5,000

d.What was the statistical increase in police-reported crime from 2017 to


2018?

Didn’t find it

e.Which provinces and territories actually had a decrease in police-reported


crime?

Yukon, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova Scotia saw a decrease

f.What kinds of fraud made the police-reported crime statistic higher?

online and telephone scams


g.What opinion is given concerning why police-reported crimes have gone
up?

"The number of sexual assaults reported by police is likely an


underestimation of the true extent of sexual assault in Canada, as these
types of offences often go unreported to police," said the report.

h.How many years in a row has police-reported sexual assault increased?

2 years

i.What does the article say about the number of hate crimes in Canada?

"Police data on hate-motivated crimes include only those incidents that come
to the attention of police services. These data also depend on police
services' level of expertise in identifying crimes motivated by hate," cautions
the report.

j.What does the article say about hate crimes in Ontario?

Statistics Canada attributed the decrease in 2018 almost entirely to declines


in Ontario.

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