Clifford Olson - Marc Lepine

Clifford Olson and Marc Lepine, were two very cruel human beings. Clifford Olson, responsible of murdering eleven children, he was a serial murderer. While Marc Lepine, responsible of killing fourteen and injuring thirteen others, is an example of a mass murderer.

Clifford Olson had mythotically killed his victims based on their gender, age, appearance etc. Olson had a violent teenage years and his violent past seemed to escalate till eventually he was convicted in July 1981. Olson was not easy for police to track or follow, he spent a lot of time on the road, and was never in one place for a long period of time. Olson was contently changing cars as he rented cars. Olson was also traveling to Vancouver island to commit crimes. Clifford Olson was eventually caught by police and confessed to all of his killings. 

Marc Lepine on the other hand was a much different killer than Olson. Lepine committed all of his killings on one day, in a single twenty minute span fourteen students at the University of Montreal were deceased. Lepine never confessed to police why he killed these students but many believe it was because he was against feminism. He killed himself before police could capture him. Lepine killed his victims at random but he only killed women. 

I believe that it is highly unlikely that you will ever stop these out bursts of crime. It is just to hard to regulate weapons and keep tabs on the people that have them. There could be better ways of dealing with these situations. Police should look into missing persons cases much quicker and more effectively. While a professor should be able to have a concealed weapon to apprehend the perpetrator much quicker. 

 

Short and Long Term Effects of Crime

A crime can have many different effects on a person. Many of these effects physiological. But not there is no set length of time that you will be effected by a crime. Different crimes have different effects. Somebody who has recently been robbed would probably feel nervous in large crowds or being alone. While someone who has been assaulted may not feel the same effects as the person who was robbed.

The recent Kentucky pawn shop shooting (see link below) affected many people in the community, family, friends and the people who were injured or killed. The community is still grieving and scared for their own and their families safety. Crime doesn't always effect just the victims but it effects the average citizen who will now be concerned for their safety. Crime effects many people in the community.





http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2013/09/21/21140761.html

Drug Crime in BC

        The other day Mr.Young asked the class about drug related crime in BC and our opinion on whether it was increasing or decreasing. I had originally thought that it was increasing but not to the degree that was revealed later. Drug and drug related crime is up 10% in the province of BC. Drug crime has always been a problem in a province that is renowned for having the best marijuana. Marijuana use is at an all-time high but the other surprise is that cocaine possession, trafficking, importing, and exporting is up 19% since 2002. There isn't one main reason that drug use is but but there are several broad reasons. Drug use is widely tolerated among many members of the public and now there is a sense acceptability among drug users. With a larger population of the public actively using drugs there is a higher demand for them. The higher demand has created more people trafficking, importing and exporting drugs. With the long ocean coast line in BC and a very limited number of Coast Guard ships (3), importing/exporting is much easier than south of the boarder in the United States. This is enabling people to transport drugs much easier than it would be to bring it across the boarder using trucks or cars. All of these have had an effect on making the drug crime in B.C. higher than ever.