CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Black Letter Law, Cesare Beccaria, Mens Rea

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

Crcj week 3 sovereign power re read in textbook. The formation of the idea of criminal justive. Suspending law in order to allow detention. Some norms that have to be attached to be punished. I. the formation of the idea of criminal justice: an overview. Trans-political system of thought think that the criminal justice system as institutions, actors, cops, courts. For them to exist, there needs to be an ideological basement. The very idea of criminal justice is not really dependent on political contingencies. Punishment as duty criminal is an enemy of us all, the society and sometimes they deserve to suffer. Infliction of pain as recipe for justice - connects attachment to values, life, property, liberty. When these values are threatened, we show ourselves ready to defend by punishment and inflicting pain on others. Different motivations for punishment do not indicate that you are working outside o the box.