CRM 100 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 CCRM.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 100
• Professor: Tammy Landau

Document Summary

Criminal vs. civil law: the jurisdictions, the realm and the responsibilities of the state. Victims lost the important right to determine the essence of a transgression and the state began to use law to define offenses independent of the victim"s sense of harm. Emergence of the victim rights movement: rising crime rate in the 1960"s and 1970"s: both canada and us the politicization of crime, law and order politics, miranda decision of the us supreme court. Reinforcing the notion that accused people have legal rights in violating them that could be released. You know what you"re getting into : an example of how we make judgements about victims all the time, constituting what is a good victim = hard to meet. Concerns associated with victims rights movements: victims movements might become offender bashing campaigns: referring to the dichotomy that offenders have rights, victims have right and officials have rights that are incompatible.