SOC 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cesare Lombroso, Dramatization, Canadian Citizenship Act 1946

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Soc1500 crime and criminal justice final exam review. Criminal law: an offence against the state, acts that have been declared by the state to be problematic and because they are in the criminal code the assumption is that they are a threat. What is a crime: an intentional act or omission in violation of the criminal law, committed without de nes or justi cation and sanctioned by state. Basic elements of crime: actus reus guilty act or physical element. Person physically commits the crime: mens rea guilty mind or intention. The person has the intention to commit a crime. Public con dence in criminal justice in canada (article: three reasons why public con dence is important for the functioning of the justice system witnesses, judges. working properly. Con dence helps to promote belonging: there would be more co operation between the public and the system. Increasing the knowledge about how the system works.