Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Summary Offence, Preliminary Hearing, Jury Trial
3 Aug 2015
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How the criminal justice system responds to these reactions. Deviant behaviour: violates social norms, is subject to social control, not all crime is deviant (weed, not all deviance is criminal (bystander apathy) Evaluation of harm: very harmful, somewhat harmful, not very harmful. Agreement about the norm: strong agreement, strong disagreement, confusion or apathy. Severity of societal response: very severe, moderate, mild. Criminal law: individual victim seeks compensation for personal harm caused by another. Slide 1: ___ offence, may result in fines and imprisonment, the ________ initiates action, fines go to the state, guilt is ____________ . Think it might separate here: __ wrong, financial compensation only, ___ initiates action, both parties may appeal, victim receives compensation, guilt is based on. Slide 2 (criminal law in canada: uneven development of law enforcement. Slide 3 (legal definition of crime: ____ (actual behaviour, _____ (the criminal intent, _______ Slide 4 (classification of law: mala in se.
