SOC327 Chapter Notes -Money Laundering, Class Discrimination, Mens Rea
29 Oct 2014
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Majority of canadians are satisfied with their safety but media has a big influence on they are reported attitudes and beliefs on crime: since violent crimes are the crimes that are most commonly reported, people believe that violent crimes are still on the rise making governments put emphasis on the tough on crime approach , people show a lot of support for mandatory minimum sentences for people selling drugs at or near a school or tougher sentences on marijuana growers and gang related crimes, support to get rid of the faint hope clause. Definition of criminal is also ambiguous: to count crime accurately, must define criminal , definition: criminal is anyone who has been convicted of a crime, the smallest group of people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system are those who are sentenced, there is way more crime than the number of sentences suggests.
