CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Larceny, Mental Disorder, Criminal Negligence

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Mohonogan

Document Summary

Emergence of criminal justice system; formation of modern policing; liberty limiting principles; functions of criminal law; definition of crime in canada; prosecutorial processes and criminal defences; charter. Processes in criminology in canada: theories, patterns, and typologies (fourth edition). Definition of law law is a living concept . The legal definition of a crime: the basis of criminal responsibility. The criminal law controls the formal definition of and content of crime . > a criminal law is a living concept . The law defines the behaviours that society lables as criminal . Criminal code; a fusion of historical traditions, moral beliefs, social values; and its influenced by political, economic and social conditions. > origins in england, adopted in much of the british commonwealth (colonial) world. Def of common law: judge-made law, case law derived from previously decided cases. Such crimes as murder, burglary, arson, and rape are common-law crimes-they were initially defined and created by judges.