CRIM 101 Lecture 4: Crim 101 - Week 4
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Understanding crime in canada: an introduction to criminology. Decriminalization - taking something from criminalization and decriminalize particular factors of it. Where do most canadian laws come from? english common law. In what major way is canadian different from uk law? criminal code. You can be prosecuted by either indictable or. Describe what a primary, secondary and tertiary victim are. It sounds good in theory : theories seen as fanciful ideas, that have little to do with reality, armchair speculation, generated by people sitting in ivory towers. Social context of the classical school: prior to the emergence of the classical school, it was generally believed that criminals possessed by evil spirits, or demons, classical school emerged during enlightenment (also known as the age of. Jeremy bentham: argued that humans are rational, free-willed actors, human behaviour is governed by hedonistic (pleasure-pain) calculus, punishment should be restricted only to amount required to achieve deterrence.