CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Control, O. J. Simpson, Nulla Poena Sine Lege

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 131
• Professor: Aynsley Pescitelli

Document Summary

All the agencies, organizations, and personnel that are involved in the prevention of, and response to, and to persons charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes (including police, courts, corrections etc. ) Criminal justice personnel making decisions about suspects. Decision making plays a role at each stage. Deals with people charged and convicted of crimes. Failure of different agencies to share information can have significant consequence for victims, offenders and the community. System does not respond to all breaches of law. Real level of crime detected crime reported crime recorded crime arrests convictions . Legislation setting out the division of responsibilities between the federal, provincial, or territorial governments. Which behaviours are considered to be crimes [making the laws] Absolute power to create new, amend, and repeal criminal law. Responsible for setting procedures for prosecution and the associated punishment. Appointment of judges of the federal courts.