CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - False Arrest, False Imprisonment

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Valerie Steeves

Document Summary

If due process isn"t followed, then by the time you get to course then, any evidence used will not be used and person will be acquitted. Focuses on avoiding bringing the admin of justice into disrepute, not of bringing justice from police. Does not deter cops: disciplinary hearings. Two kinds: internal and external (a) internal disciplinary: police force itself looks into allegations against police officers. Cop culture makes it hard for these types of hearings to work effectively. (b) external disciplinary: public complaints commission instead of having cops investigate cops, citizens investigate cops. This doesn"t work either because public favors police as well. This can lead to officer loss of employment > allowed to due process because there will be a loss of liberty. Vast majority of cases that have been heard by the pcc have been dismissed: criminal prosecution. They hate these kinds of cases because they cannot do their job without a close relationship with the police.