CRM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eggshell Skull, De Minimis, Blunt Trauma

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 200
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Introduction: causation, the thin skull rule, whether or not a person"s actions have caused a prohibited act, rule that pertains to causation, you take your victim as you find them, sole and operative cause. Proper or improper treatment applied in good faith . It is reasonable for the bouncer to get involved: whether the intervening act was independent of the accused"s actions. Canada agreed: section 9 of the ccc and common law offences/duties, offences shouldn"t be created at common law. Homicide: a brief intro: murder, manslaughter and infanticide, section 234 ccc, dictates that manslaughter is a residual offence (anything that isn"t murder, murder carries mandatory life imprisonment; no mandatory minimum for infanticide or manslaughter (without a weapon) Judge can exercise a wide array of sentencing: section 231 and 232 ccc, provocation defence allows for a charge of murder to become manslaughter if provocation can be proved, murder: highest subjective fault requirement.