CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Hung Jury, Verdict, Due Process

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Valerie Steeves

Document Summary

Cjs to repress crime through a managerial approach. Police screen out innocent people- therefore it assumes that anyone in the system is guilty. It is efficient to have defendant plead out. From this pov appeals are waste of time. Focuses on getting bad guys off the streets: due process model (liberal values) To protect d (defendant) who is vulnerable to the state"s monopoly over the use of force. To ensure loss of liberty is fair. Procedural rules to restrict what the state can do. Because the state has all the power there are procedural rules. the cjs is in place to hold (agents of the state) to account for (mis)-use of power. The idea is to protect everyone"s freedom. Look up and highlight ss 7-11 criminal code. Make sure that individual autonomy isn"t compromised, people"s freedom isn"t taken away, making sure that state can"t abuse its power.