SOCI-225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Edmonton Sun
15 May 2018
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SOCI 225 - CRIMINOLOGY
TEST #1 REVIEW Chapters’ 1, , ,
Note: If you can cover all of the points on this study guide and know the answers, then you will do just fine. That
said, make sure to read your text and notes to supplement the lecture slides as the slides are meant to be brief
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ad eplaatio. Fo eaple, if I sa to poide a eaple of hat NC‘MD a look like, dot just sa, like
the Viet Li ase. That ot gie ou a aks eause it doest tell me that you actually know what
you are talking about.
Chapter #1 – Introduction to Crime, Criminals, and Criminology
- The legal definition of crime
- The sociological definition of crime. Why do we have one?
- The difference between proactive and reactive responses to crime.
- Will there ever be a crime-fee old? “peak to Eile Dukheis “oiet of “aits
- Thee ae fos of deiae that ae geeall toleated i Caadia/Weste soiet. Wh? Is Caada
different than other countries in terms of accepted deviance? Explain.
- Is crime socially defined? How and why? And also, by whom are crimes defined? - What is the consensus
approach? Why is this important to know?
- What is the conflict approach? Why is this important to know?
The Media (Part of Chapter #1) – The Relationship between the Media and Crime (NOT ALL INFO IS FOUND
IN THE TEXTBOOK)
- “tale Cohes oept of Moal Pai, hat it eas, ad its oseuees to the geeal puli ad
societal responses to crime
- What does it mean to sa if it leeds, it leads?
- What are some negative consequences of the media? Provide and fully explain examples related to crime.
- It what ways can the media be helpful?
- Udestad the oept of Big Bothe ot the TV sho ; ad the pos ad ons of using that concept in
terms of crime control.
- Know the trends of violence in television programs and the study that looked at the consequences of children
watching violent TV. Is this study reliable?
- How does the media generally portray crime in Canada?
- Speak to differences between media outlets and the people who choose them (e.g. Facebook, The Edmonton
Sun, CNN etc).
- Why are we so fearful of crime? How is that related to policy and law-making?
- What is a crime of passion? How does the media play-up on these types of crimes?
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- Do the media prey on certain groups of people in their stories? (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, religion). What are
soe oseuees that a ou as a esult? e.g. “oalia a haged ith gu iolee ….. - Why is
context so important when speaking of crime and human behaviour?
Chapter #3 – Criminal Law
- Basic criminal procedure and procedural provisions in Canada - What is oo la? - What is actus reus?
Criminal procedure refers to legislation that specifies the procedures to follow in the prosecution of a criminal
case. Common law is the laws judges make when there is no legislation in the area to cover the crime. Actus
reus is the act which includes the conduct, the surrounding or material circumstances and the consequences of
the conduct.
- What is mens rea? Know the difference between objective and subjective mens rea.
Mens rea is the mind, or intent behind the crime. Subjective mens rea is the notion that an accused can not be
convicted of a crime unless they deliberately committed the act, realized the act might bring about prohibited
consequences or were willing blind to the consequences. Objective mens rea is the notion that a reasonable
person would not have committed the act given the same situation so the accused should be convicted.
- Understand how one can become a party to an offence
A person can become a party to a criminal offence if they actually commit the offence, if they aid or abet the
offence, if they formed a common intention with others to commit the crim and if they counseled the
commission of the offense committed.
- Understand what an inchoate offence is
An inchoate offence is a crime in embryo or one that has not bee oitted et. This ie doest ilude
bad thoughts, but actual planning of a crime which may include counseling another person, the criminal intent
even if they crime would be impossible to commit and conspiracy between more than two people when they
form a common intention to commit a crime.
- Ko hat ouselig aothe peso i a iial offee eas
To counsel another person is too procure, solicit, or incite another person to commit a crime.
- Ko hat iial attept eas
Occurs when an individual does or omits to do anything for the purpose of carrying out a previously formed
intention to commit a crime. The conduct must constitute a substantial step towards the completion of the
crime that is intended.
- Ko hat ospia eas
Agreement by two or more persons to commit a criminal offence.
- Ko hat NC‘MD eas – in full
NCRMD means Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.
- Know what the two most common forms of mental illness raised in a NCRMD case are
The two most common forms of NCRMD cases are schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
- What are the three options for an NCRMD accused? Why can some of these options anger common citizens of
Canada?
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