CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Travis Hirschi, Critical Criminology, Street Prostitution

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Lara Karaian

Document Summary

People have free will-can choose to commit crime. Laws are used to control behaviour (the response to crime is punishment) Punishment proportionate to the offence: prostitution/r. v. bedford. S. 7 life, liberty and security of the person (meaning protection for their physical and mental integrity); Ontario superior court, (2010), struck downs sections 210, 212(1)(j) and 213(1)(c) canada"s prostitution laws as unconstitutional. Court of appeal for ontario (2012) struck down the bawdy house provision; amended the cc to clarify that the prohibition on living on the avails of prostitution applies only to those who do so. In circumstances of exploitation ; upheld the communication provision as constitutional thus kept street prostitution illegal. The supreme court of canada (2013) unanimous 9-0 decision stuck down all 3 sections as unconstitutional: charles goring/intelligence and offending. Lower intelligence might lead to poorer decision-making as a result of a limited ability to imagine the consequences of action.