{"id":33561,"date":"2026-01-08T15:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?post_type=runnymede-events&#038;p=33561"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:53:18","slug":"a-decade-of-danger-understanding-the-rise-in-urban-violent-crime","status":"publish","type":"runnymede-events","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/runnymede-events\/a-decade-of-danger-understanding-the-rise-in-urban-violent-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"A Decade of Danger? Understanding the Rise in Urban Violent Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please join the Runnymede Society\u2019s University of Alberta Chapter for a presentation on trends in urban violent crime with Prof. Dave Snow (University of Guelph) on Thursday, January 22, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing on findings from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute\u2019s 2025 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban Violent Crime Report<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Prof. Snow will examine long-term patterns in police-reported violent crime across Canada\u2019s largest cities. Using Statistics Canada data, the report analyzes trends in homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery, overall violent crime rates, and the violent crime severity index, revealing a sustained rise in violent crime nationwide rather than isolated or short-term fluctuations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register by scanning the QR code or clicking here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.hellorubric.com\/?eid=47196\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/campus.hellorubric.com\/?eid=47196<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":33562,"template":"","event_organizers":[130],"event_venues":[263],"library-theme":[122],"class_list":["post-33561","runnymede-events","type-runnymede-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_organizers-runnymede-society","event_venues-university-of-alberta-faculty-of-law-room-lc-113","library-theme-criminal-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events\/33561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/runnymede-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_organizers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_organizers?post=33561"},{"taxonomy":"event_venues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_venues?post=33561"},{"taxonomy":"library-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-theme?post=33561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}