CRJS 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Interest Law, Spy Hill, Individual And Group Rights
13 Sep 2016
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Chapter 1 an overview of the criminal justice system in canada. What we value: safety, freedom, fairness, individualism, ownership. What we need to attain and protect these values: a governing body, support of the majority, operational principles + individual rights, laws, enforcement bodies. Social control: reaction to behavior = informal. Institutions of social control in the formal criminal justice system: police, courts, corrections. An act or omission that is prohibited by criminal law: act = assault or a robbery, omission = failing to report child abuse or failing to provide necessities of life. The normative framework of the criminal justice system: The normative approach includes: rule of law, fairness + equality, protection of legal rights, destiny of truth. Substantive justice = truthfulness (accurate: ex = innocent person found not guilty . Procedural justice = individual rights: ex = person may be guilty, but if unfair procedures were used, conviction is unjust.
