CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Actus Reus, Cybercrime
8 Dec 2016
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Scope and extent of police investigations can vary: suspicious activity for example reactive & proactive: cybercrime, child pornography, white collar. To bring formal charges, police must have reasonable and probable ground tp believe that an individual has committed an offence formal or informal. Police can use heir discretion when its a minor crime issuing a process, information: includes the charges against the accused and the speci cs of the allegations, name of the victim, the date, place and alleged offence. Arrest: taking physical control over the offender and bringing him/her before the court. Intake procesure, arrangement within 24hours brought before a judge with unreasonable delay when the accused appears in court he/she will be arraigned. De nition of crime 2 components: prohibition: conduct that is prohibited (because it is considered to have an evil or injurious or undesirable effect upon the public, penalty: a penalty will be given when going against the prohibited.
