SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Restorative Justice, System 6, English Law
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Lecture 2 (3730): history & cases in courts. In canada we have two models in the criminal justice system; crime control & due process. Decisions tend to be uniform and routine; individual circumstances not taken into account. We support discretion used by police and prosecutors because we trust them. Crime control policies: to give agencies more power. Want to increase the number of police officers to control crime. We need to create more prisons to house these individuals. Death penalty can be used as protection and as a deterrent. Ge(cid:374)eral a(cid:374)d spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) deterre(cid:374)(cid:272)e"s (ge(cid:374)eral: if you do this; this is (cid:449)hat (cid:449)ill happe(cid:374) to you. Increase sentence lengths to make them longer and harsher (mandatory minimums) too) (specific: when a person goes through there own form of punishment it will deter them from committing future crime) David hall was charged of 1st degree murder of a women in a high profile case.