CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nils Christie, Actus Reus, Mandatory Sentencing
12 Oct 2016
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Crim 2652 lecture 05 - models of criminal justice. Through criminal law and the military is the state acting on behalf of the public is using force, can also deny right to freedom of mobility (on behalf of the people) So in the us this is built into the people of the law (i. e. the people vs. The police get the highest support in public opinion surveys because the police are authorities we have most contact with in our daily lives and decreases alienation. Civil law seeks compensation, powered to take coercive action through the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs. Criminal law focuses on the criminal act itself as opposed to civil law which is more focused on the consequences through punishment for criminal offending. In criminal law, it is key that the prosecution shows both mens rea and actus reus.
