SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Narcotic Control Act, Victimless Crime, Adversarial Process

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

= violation of criminal law enacted by federal government . All crimes are composed of: the act itself (or failure to act) and criminal intent . Uniform crime reporting system, reported in a statistics canada publication . Canadian crime statistics : violent crime and property crime are reported separately. Violent crime = crimes against people that involve violence/threat of violence . Property crimes = theft of property belonging to others . Victimless crimes = no readily apparent victims (prostitution, gambling) . Person who commits crimes can be offender and victim. Separate category for offences under the narcotic control act (illegal drugs) Victimization survey representative sample is asked about experience with crime . Actual crime occurs at higher rate than suggested by reports. Age 15-24 represent 14% of population, account for 39. 3% of all arrests for violent crimes and 46. 8% of arrests for property crimes . Police are primary point of contact between society and criminal justice system .