SOC209H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Loose Coupling, Actus Reus, Justice Society Of America
19 Oct 2016
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The construction of crime, law and justice notes. Administrative criminology: research that identifies what program reduces prisoners to reduce the likelihood of them going back to crime. Terms: governmental, correctional, management and control of crime and criminals, enhance through effective control. What is seen as wrong in society. Acts or omission that is prohibited by criminal law. The act or omission (crime) needs to be written in our rule of law. Deviance: differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society. Crime: prohibited by the rule of law. Mad canada pushed to make drunk driving as a crime, it was acceptable before. 2008, federal government made it a crime to drive while you are on drugs. Fairness in protection of rights and punishment of wrongs. System of law enforcements that is directly involves in defending, sentencing, punishing those who are suspected or convicted of criminal offences. Knowing you are doing something that is likely to cause harm.
