CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cesare Lombroso, Abusive Power And Control, Child Protection
10 Oct 2017
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Every time people text and drive somebodies gonna get killed. **** criminology is the study of crime, criminal law, and social control. Legal de nition: an act that the state de nes as a crime (ex. Things that represented whats really happening in the world. Bill c-51- anti- terrorism : on the statue books- criminal code, law, subject to state sanctions (punishment) - changes over time and regions, hcfr. Social harm de nition: a crime can be a criminal offence or a civil offence- expanding the notion of crime, civil offence: civil offences involve violations of administrative matters. Federal trade commission frequently imposes civil nes on companies that violate consumer statutes. For example, if an organization carelessly reports incorrect credit information about several consumers, they can be ned for each violation. Another example of a civil offence is contempt of court.
