CRM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Victimless Crime, Crown Attorney, Labeling Theory
10 Apr 2018
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The role(s) of the victim and definitions of crime. Lecture 12 notes: exclusion/marginalization of the victim (cid:858)(cid:272)ri(cid:373)e(cid:859) as a(cid:374) offe(cid:374)(cid:272)e agai(cid:374)st the state. ___ (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s that the (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e is the offe(cid:374)der agai(cid:374)st the state: crimes against the state used to use a system of retribution. This ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork (cid:449)ell (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it (cid:449)as a syste(cid:373) (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) re(cid:448)e(cid:374)ge a(cid:374)d it created chaos. It is hard to use retribution in victimless crimes. Recent developments re-discovery of the victim as an active participant in the cjs. When the judge imposes a sanction that involves the victim (restitution) And the need of police to involve the victim in how they would like to go about pressing charges re-defining crime a dispute between individuals (the victim, the accused, and the community) The state is no longer included in the definition but it has not disappeared its presence has just been reduced.
