CRM 402 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Problem Gambling, Online Gambling, Actus Reus
25 Apr 2013
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Chapter one: the legalization of gambling in canada. [the laws force a sense of good and bad upon its citizens, despite claiming to be neutral] All laws are a type of social control [before laws existed, people functioned rationally there were no rampant murders or rapes, etc] [mala in se (wrong in itself; law where there is no disagreement) murder, rape, incest] [there is an imbalance, the state has lots of money and power behind it. It has been proposed that these activities or behaviours are in fact moral" choices. [humans also bring emotions into their daily lives] And as such the imposition of a criminal sanction imposes a set of moral values on citizens. And that these moral values may not be shared by all in society. [laws against same-sex marriage and homosexual laws, mandatory report of abuse ( walking on egg shells by janet mosher] We often use various forms of gambling.
