CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hung Jury, Summary Offence, Preliminary Hearing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Wayne Hanniman

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Lecture 10 criminal justice system: enforcement of the law. If you have power, you will be controlled by it: power corrupts, dual conflict: the psychological stress that comes with performing incompatible tasks. 8/18: there are several duties that police officers are responsible for, but the following are considered core services, crime prevention, law enforcement, assistance to victims of crime, maintenance of public order, emergency response. Investigation of crime: mainly investigation of reported crime. Policing recording of the incident as a crime: unfounded. Interpersonal disputes with a prior relationship between a victim and a suspect substantially decreases the probability that the suspect will be convicted if charged. Pretrial release and detention: the arresting officer has to make a determination of whethe(cid:396) the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:448)e got g(cid:396)ou(cid:374)ds to hold that person in custody, take them to the police station, and put them in jail.