CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Human Rights Act, Adversarial System, O. J. Simpson
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Chapter 2 the structure and process of criminal justice. The study of social control and the agencies that are involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defence, sentencing, incarceration, and supervision of those suspected or charged with or convicted of criminal offences. The scientific study of crime and behaviour. The explanations of crime (rational choice, biological explanations) Decision makers in the justice system (police officers, crown counsel, judges) The criminal justice system: all the agencies, organizations, and personnel that are involved in the prevention of, and response to, crime and to persons charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes. John howard society to deliver services to get people involved in the criminal justice system work as people who served short term time do not get the work when they are released. Less focused on preventing the crime and more on the punitive side of things. Two value systems underlying the administration of criminal justice:
