SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dysfunctional Family, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
13 Apr 2012
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Criminology 2450- policy-makers: there are 3 entities (3p) that play a role in creating the criminal policies in canada: Politicians: elected officials who have the ultimate authority over policies in canada. Professionals: anyone that"s involved in the operation and evaluation of the justice system and law enforcement. People with operational responsibilities such as ministerial officials, police chiefs, crown attorneys, judges, defence counsel, correctional authorities, and probation officers. People involved in planning and research, such as members of policy and research units in the government, as well as scholars and researchers outside the government. Public: general public and the media, as well as public opinion polls. There are interest groups as well, such as ngos. Many policies are never evaluated and some policies have harmful effects. Police officers with more power and resources will reduce crime. want to be careful we"re not moving crime around): longer prison terms will reduce crime.
