Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Restorative Justice, Crime Prevention, Crown Attorney

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2253A/B
• Professor: Peter Chimbos

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Ideal models of criminal justice administration: crime control model it is more important to protect society than the rights of an individual focus on the criminal act. Selective incapacitation (imprisonment: suggests that long prison sentences for the same number of habitual/chronic offenders who commit violence crimes (assault, robbery, rape, offenders are young, previous crime is the best predictor of crime. Su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess or failure of deterre(cid:374)(cid:272)e philosophy depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the offe(cid:374)ders" commitment to crime. Federal ministries associated with criminal justice: department of justice, canada. Includes the rcmp, correctional services of canada, national parole board, office of the correctional investigator who receives complains from federal prison inmates: houses csis (canadian security intelligence services, ca(cid:374)ada"s pri(cid:373)ary (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)es age(cid:374)(cid:272)y, cooperates with other intelligence agencies. Aboriginals justice system: restorative justice model: mediation and conciliation, resolution of disputes, restoration of harmony, remorse and forgiveness, reintegration of the offender back to community.