CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Saskatoon Freezing Deaths, Stoping

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 131
• Professor: Sheri Fabian

Document Summary

Task environments of cj inluence (things that inluence how cjs responds) Types of crimes and social disorders that occur (ie. geographical regions) Levels of crime (esp violent crime is seen as much more prevalent but majority of ofences are not violent) Rates of parole release (also that reofending rates of parolees are high but they"re actually quite rare) ~public thinks all this bcmedia-primary source re: crime & cjs~ Cjs cannot prevent crime, reduce crime, meet needs of vicims & rehabilitate ofenders . Bc all of these mandates conlict (they all have dif agendas-really hard to be efecive) But review is diicult bc of poliical ies in cjs. Public dependence on the criminal jusice system leads to . Expectaions not et clamour for more jusice intervenions, including tougher sentencing fear persists crime dependence on the police and jusice system expectaions of cjs and back to beginning. Cj professionals respond to crime (we don"t react to crime before it occurs)