CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Identity Theft, Mass Surveillance, Populism
16 Apr 2018
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Week 1 introduction to canadian criminal justice. An act or omission that is prohibited by criminal law: act, assault, robbery, omission, failing to report child abuse, failing to provide necessities of life. To be convicted of most crime, a person must have done something criminal and usually must have intended to do it. The body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute and prosecuted and punished by the government. Idea about justice (what is just, what is unjust ) are part of our day-to-day lives. Conceptualization of justice are complex with extensive personal, social and philosophical meanings, connections, and applications stimulating deep and broad debates over the centuries. What does it mean to do the right thing?". For stanley cohen, justice prioritizes wat is right (ethical) rather than what is good (moral)
