CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nimby, New Media, First Nations
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Objectives of criminal justice: no clear cut definition we live in a plurally, people have different options and everyone wants their ideas represented. That starts to shape the way policy is made. By strictly punishing people, its not going to do much to make crime go away. How do we choose the appropriate way: rehabilitating those who violate the regulations trying to avoid the crime be replicated. Key principles: prosecution as a last resort only serious offences, after other interventions fail. One problem is that by getting a criminal record, it really is life sentence if you have a criminal record it follows you throughout life. Models of criminal justice: adversarial (all canadian criminal law, most civil) (goes on the assumption that you have violated the law against the crown and majesty herself). Looks strictly at what has happened. (the argument about wha has happened. Doesn"t look at victims experiences: state/crown vs.
