LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Police Misconduct, Adversarial System, Judicial Activism
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Activities and actors which respond to crime (crown, police, judge, accused, witnesses, complainant, parole, probation etc. ) A majority of offences are plea bargained. Crime rates go down, but spending goes up (budget has gone up by 23%) 1. 1% of our budget goes to criminal justice/law. Criminalization of politics: using criminal law to deal with social problems. E. g. missing and murdered aboriginal women inquiry (harper says it is a criminal law issue, experts say otherwise, that it is a social issue as well. Brd (beyond reasonable doubt: models issues. Not one single theory or truth as to how our cjs works, there are many. Multiple models are helpful, better explains procedures and the law: crime control model: Trying to get someone from factual guilt to legal guilt as efficiently as possible: due process model: Trying to get someone from factual guilt to legal guilt - the crown must go through many obstacles in order to prove their case.