CRM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Mental Disorder

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 200
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Overview of canadian criminal law: crime in canada. Victims of crime: youths are overrepresented as victims and perpetrators of crime, dark figure of crime is quite large; fear of reprisal and embarrassment. Most common crime: the most common crime is property crime, theft of personal property. Perpetrators of violent crime: we know some things about them, including they are most often people who are known to their victim, true reality of violent crime interpersonal violence. Canada incarceration rate: 118 per every 100,000, this figure is significantly different than other jurisdictions. Overview of canadian criminal law: sources of criminal law. 3 main sources: statue is one source. This includes the criminal code the main statute in which: precedent. This is judge made common law: constitution. This includes the canadian charter of rights and freedoms: not all of these sources are equal. criminal law offences are based, for example, other levels have to abide by the charter.