[CC100] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (44 pages long!)
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Crime refers to a socially constructed concept defining certain behaviours as requiring formal control and punishment. Indictable offences: serious offences under canadian law, 25 years and prison max and no maximum fine. Summary offences: not serious crimes, max fine of and 2 years prion. Conventional crime: illegal activity committed by individuals or small groups with some degrees of direct or indirect contact (ex. robbery , break and enter) Non-conventional crime: illegal activity that may not be associated with crime and may not be pursued by the criminal justice system. Deviance: refers to behaviours that violate social norms but is not necessary prohibited by law (ex. Decriminalization is the reduction or removal of capital penalties attached to an act but without legalization. Crime is relative - what is defined as a crime can vary with time and location. Crime is also evolutive - the characteristics of a crime can change, taking different forms over time.
