CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Victimology, Social Forces, Partial Defence
Document Summary
Criminology - scientific study of crime and criminals - understanding crime. 1) criminal statistics - not 100% accurate - every police department submits stats the centre of criminal stat. ~ lower crime rate when investing in children and families. ~ the dark figure of crime - all the crime committed but not reported - tedious, embarrassed, not detected. 2) sociology of crime - how social forces shape criminal law, vice versa - laws change as society changes. ~ bank robbers spent $ quickly - adrenaline rush/excitement. ~ making deals: victimology - the study of victims. 6) criminal justice system - how it functions. ~ a web system/interconnected (crimes in themselves) - heinous/self-evident (crimes created by parliament) - not immediately known. Mala prohibita (i. e. speaking of guns, bombs in airport) ~ many fnmi people do not recognize canada"s dominion over them. ~ canada has long history of taking land from indigenous people.
