CRM 1300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 18 Months, London Metropolitan University, Indictable Offence
10 Apr 2015
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Norm: something that is usual, typical, or standard in society. Implicit unspoken mutual understanding shared with other people in society: explicit something that isn"t illegal, but expected. Deviance: the fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards: formal criminal activity. Informal norms not codified by the law (no jail time, but subjected to ridicule) Crime: a violation of societal rules of behaviours as interpreted and expressed by a criminal legal code created by people holding social and political power . Act or omission prohibited by law: actus reus: guilty act, mens rea: guilty mind, police: 3 levels. Key agencies: the courts: 3 levels, municipal, provincial, federal, provincial. Drug: superior, appeals (supreme court of canada is the court of last appeals, corrections (192 jails/prison in canada -76 federal/116 provincial, provincial (summary convection offences 2 years less a day, federal. 153,000 individuals are under the supervision of correctional facilities (either prison or community involvement)
