SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Actus Reus, Sexual Assault, Wicket-Keeper

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Justice is delivered timely by competent, ethical and independent representatives and neutrals who are of sufficient #, have adequate resources, and reflect the makeup of the communities they serve. (text. Law: tools for promoting good behaviour but only if people know that they will be enforced. ie. speeding and receiving a speeding ticket(cited. It is an act or omission that is prohibited by criminal law: actus reus: act of doing something, mens rea: guilty intent. Someone is hunting in the woods hunting deer but mistakes another hunter for an animal and kills him. Ages 18-19 are at the most risk for participating in crime especially males 18-24. Canada as a country has c. 70% of the most severe crimes. Criminology: scientific study of crime and criminal behaviour. Criminal justice: study of social control and agencies involved with those suspected or charged with or convicted of a criminal offence.