Sorenso said: "Actually I, at least, do think home invasions are always reported. Why would they not be? This is a serious crime. Home invasions are probably on the rise because there are far more predators on our streets who have nothing to lose and nothing to gain from mainstream life. These young criminals seek easy victims."

So the more serious crime the more its reported?
Tell that to Pickton's victims.   Perhaps you missed my thrust about terror.  I guess none of us have proper statistics, and that sort of question wouldn't have made the long form anyhow.
This is the problem with conjecture.  The people on both sides of the question pointing to polls done 5 years ago to buttress their argument inevitably come short of adequate test for truth.

The idea of a 1st time criminal initiating a home invasion has happened, rarely.  Usually because the perpetrator has known the victim over time he might try it.  But organized gang related home invasions, if they leave anyone surviving, make it very clear they will be back if the victim reports.  However, if you will read my point, the issue I point to is terror.  A growing elderly population living on their own, worries more about the issue than they did 30 years ago.

People worry about thieves so they buy door locks, and car alarm, they worry about rapists, so they carry pepper spray.  Neither of which are necessarily guaranteed to stop crime.  Prison as well.  Unless you've been there and never want to go back.

Of course we have no people in Canada who should be in jail that aren't.  Right?