CC102 Lecture 1: Week 2 Lecture 1 CC102
Document Summary
Criminal justice: study of social control involved with dealing with those convicted of criminal offences. Criminal justice system: all the organizations or personnel involved with preventing/responding to criminals charged with criminal offences. Criminal justice funnel (ratio) = many reported offenses : less people truly sent to jail. Adversarial system: two sides (crown v. defendant) argue over guilt of person before judge/jury. Innocent before guilty beyond reasonable doubt (british system: crown needs to find proof, doli incapax: under-12 not charged, insanity - not capable of knowing criminal act is wrong = not criminally wrong, attempted crime = half the penalty. System: laws should be separate from religion (canada, fiscal/budget pressures, cultural values, the major areas of crime.
