SOC227 Chapter 3: Chapter 3
21 Jul 2015
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Crime : conduct prohibited by law, and subject to penalization. ( jail or fine) Criminal law definitions of various crimes, specification of penalties, general principles concerning responsibility and series of defences to a criminal charge. Supreme court of canada has ruled that prohibition and penalty must be directed against a public evil". Substantive criminal law legislation that defines the nature of various criminal offences ( murder, manslaughter, theft, and defences as provocation, duress, and self-defence. Criminal procedure procedures to be followed in the prosecution of a criminal case and defines the nature of the powers of criminal justice officials: indictable, summary conviction, mixed offence, what type of hearing you get, police power. Federal and provincial or territorial regulatory legislation: quasi-criminal law. Issues like; health, education, highways, liquor, hunting and fishing. True crime inherently wrong acts, stuff such as assault, theft, things which go against public good. Regulatory offences under legislation that regulates inherently legitimate activities.
