SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Protective Factor
1 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
SEPT 14
Criminology
• Scientific study of crime and criminal behaviour
o What are the causes of crime?
o What are the explanations for crime?
o How does the public perceive crime, the laws, offenders?
• Criminal justice
o Study of social control and agencies involved with those suspected or charged with
criminal offences
▪ How are laws formed and applied?
▪ Who makes decisions within system?
▪ How do different systems operate?
What is the criminal justice system?
• Courts
o Lawyers
o Judges
o Other court personnel
• Corrections
o Correctional officers
o Probation officers
o Social workers
• Police
o Contract police
o RCMP
o Victim services
Costs
• Costs of CJS escalating
o More individuals incarcerated
• Cost of housing male inmate in max: $100,000/year
o Female is higher
• The ore we crack dow o crie the more it costs
• Push to reduce adatory iiu seteces
How the court system works
• Inquisitorial
o Court conducts trial
o Court determines facts
o Court seeks to determine truth
• Adversarial (CANADA)
o Two parties each try to win case
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