CRI210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Procedural Justice, Criminal Procedure, Victimology
1 Feb 2017
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Overview of the criminal justice system in canada. Follow rule of law and uphold legal rights of individuals, justice fairness and equality. Crime is not fixed it is dependent on the views of society and how people respond to the crime. What is crime and how is it regulated. Social control various types of organized reaction to behaviour viewed as problematic. Violates the existing legal code of the jurisdiction in which it occurs guilty act + guilty mind. Black letter approach no act can be considered criminal until a duty appointed representative of the criminal court has established the guilt of an offender attached a punishment to that determination. No behaviour considered criminal unless a formal action exists to prohibit it. Social construct crime viewed as a result of social interaction, the consequence of a negotiated process involving the alleged offender, the police, court personnel and even lawmakers. Crime behaviour define by the agents and activities of the powerful.
