SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indictable Offence, Summary Offence, Sentenced
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Instructor: michelle dumas of ce: mack 606, email: mdumas@uoguelph. ca. Required text: 1) shmalllenger, frank - canadian criminology today, 2) canadian. ____________________________________________________________________: mild types of deviance- speeding, j-walking, tattoos, graf ti, smoking, theft, drugs, medium types of deviance- assault, auto theft, money laundering, stunt driving, severe types of deviance- murder, attempted murder, rape, sexual assault, terrorism. Con ict crimes - disagreement if they"re crimes, morality. Cultural- some places it is acceptable for some things to happen that are prohibited somewhere else. Gender- views are different on girls that engage deviant activity. Criminal justice professionals- work in systems (judge, lawyer) Process: police > court > sentence > prison. Models of criminal justice: crime control - rights and deterrence. Punishment: due process - rights and convictions. Criminal: indictable offence - serious (max. life in prison, summary offence - small (loitering, shoplifting, hybrid offence - middle (death threats) Components of illegal activity: actus reus - guilty action mens rea - guilty mind.