LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Victimless Crime, Sue Rodriguez, Brothel
14 Mar 2016
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Packer thought that the increase in the use of due process would lead to a decrease in criminal sanctions in regards to victimless crimes. This theory is challenged but packer wrote before feminism became leading force. But harm has expanded since he wrote (was mainly physical harm: change in political case . Changes from classic battle between accused and the state, to now the accused and victims or potential victims. Pluralistic politics of victims" rights: debates happening within all groups about the use of criminal sanctions. Sue rodriguez assisted suicide groups reporting what disabled people want: both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide: prostitution, dp prior to charter. Packer criticized prostitution laws thought they were trying to secularize moral judgment. Argued that police are most visible and intrusive when doing the least important work ex. Were processed through an assembly line with heavy sanction. Hutt (1978) most successful dp decision next to bedford.
