CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Assault

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Instrumental crimes: improves financial or social position, explained by rational choice theory ie robbery, to vent rage, anger, and frustration, expressive violence, (cid:498)crimes of passion(cid:499) Issue of consent: (cid:883)99(cid:884), (cid:494)no means no(cid:495) legislation, consent defined in s. 273. 1 ccc, first legal definition of consent in criminal code, victim expresses by words or conduct a lack of agreement. Death penalty: arguments for implementing death penalty. Assault: most common violent offence in canada, 223,000 non-sexual assaults in 2012, many are not reported, high clearance rate, interpersonal crimes approx. 75% acquaintances: 90% of offenders are adults, 81% of offenders are male, different levels of assault (s. 265, simple assault - 5 yrs imprisonment, assault with a weapon - 10 yrs imprisonment, aggravated assault - 14 yrs imprisonment. Types of robbery: where money is exchanged, banks, gas stations, jewellery stores. In open areas: muggings in parks, parking lots, public transit, private premises, breaking and entering, acquaintance between victim and offender.