CRIM 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Professional Association, Tunnel Vision, Urt
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Brock professor returns to classroom following sexual harassment investigation. Focuses on accused rights and proper procedures to follow. Domestic violence, some provinces allow it in court without the accused there. Textbook says police solve crimes and sometimes can give rise to issues urt. Textbook says police solve crimes and sometimes can give rise to issues. Tunnel vision (suspect and seek a suspect that confirms the person without using investigation. Leads to wrongful convictions when person is convicted of a crime that he/she did not commit. Sociologists who find that the accused have little say. Criminal procedures entirely driven by lawyers and police officers. Accused and victims are the centre and have little understanding of their rights, and are marginalized in criminal procedures. Trials (past events) all events are witnessed by witnesses. Key role in cjs as a pierce of evidence. Front line workers - therapists are to overturn their paperworks to the police even if it conflicts with their ethics.