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Jamie Gallon: Article Analysis

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1) A 42-year-old man named Jamie Gallon was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Regina Saskatchewan on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017. When Gallon rode home on his bicycle at 7:30 pm, he was struck by a vehicle and was pronounced dead when police arrived. Gallon's family is asking the public to come forward with any information (Huffman, 2017).

2) This article is categorized as the victim because an innocent man was killed by the actions of another person. If the driver accidentally hit Jamie from the lack of visibility at night, stayed at the scene or called for help this would have been a different story. However, the driver left the scene of the crime which is illegal. There were no prior interactions and it was clearly another person's fault for Jamie's death.. …show more content…

Violent crimes also occur in areas of higher population densities and victims usually report the crime if committed by a stranger (Carleton, 2017a). This article somewhat matches with the course materials. Yes, the hit-and-run was in a denser city, but the driver is a stranger, this was in public and Jamie is older. Plus, Jamie died so he couldn't report the victimization to the

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