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Specifically, the CV uses three main strategies: 1. Detecting and interrupting conflicts. 2. Identifying and treating the highest risk individuals. 3. Changing norms.
- Homicides Leave Tragic Toll, Tax Justice System
- Winnipeg Needs Plan, Commitment to Quell The Violence, Expert Says
- Consistent Funding Would Increase Reach, Community Advocate Says
The human toll of homicide requires little elaboration. Each violent death leaves a wake of trauma and grief for families and friends of victims and destabilizes the larger community's sense of safety and well-being. They also are a major tax on public safety resources and the courts. In December, Winnipeg police Chief Danny Smyth told the Winnipeg...
Just as the courts will have to carefully plan ahead for what's coming their way because of the past year's killings, so must civic and provincial government officials do something about stopping them from happening in the first place. So says Irvin Waller, emeritus professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa and author of Science and Secr...
Meeting people at risk of becoming involved in violence where they are at — with people who understand where they're coming from — is a key to success, believes Winnipeg's Daniel Hidalgo. Hidalgo works closely with marginalized people through the grassroots community groups Community 204 and Sabe Peace Walkers — groups he respectively founded and c...
Violent Crime in Winnipeg Winnipeg offers a prime location for exploring men’s and women’s violence. According to official crime statistics, the rate of violent crime in Winnipeg is one of the highest of the nine largest Canadian cities.
Winnipeg does, however, still have more violent crime. The violent crime severity index measures the number of crimes being reported and then weighs different crimes by their severity, so that a concentration of more serious crimes (which get harsher sentences in court) gives a city a higher rating on the crime severity index. In 2013, Winnipeg ...
The violent crime severity index for Winnipeg declined over 37% in the five years 2009-13. In 2014, incidents of violent crime were 24% lower, and property crimes were 27% lower than the previous five-year averages. However,Winnipeg had the highest violent crime severity index and the second highest homicide rate of all census metropol-
• Total crime increased over 2021 (+25.6%) and the five-year average (+17.0%), returning to the upward trend observed pre-pandemic. • Violent crime severity reached its highest level since 2009, including a record number of Homicides (53). Crimes committed with a knife increased 11.7% over
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Violent crime. In 2018, there were 1,358 incidents of violent crime per 100,000 population reported by police in Winnipeg, 32% lower than Manitoba (1,996) but 19% higher than Canada overall (1,143). Around half of victims of violent crime in Winnipeg (51%), Manitoba (56%) and Canada (53%) were female.
