CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Mythbusters, Insanity Defense

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Myth busters in lecture room csyork@yorku. ca: there has been a significant increase in the canadian crime rate over the past ten years: false. 543 homicides in 2012 across canada- which is 55 lower than 2011. Get tough approaches such as the ontario boot camp program have been effective in reducing rates of future offending for young offenders: false: canada has one of the strictest youth justice systems in the world: true (youth criminal. If by criminology, you mean its own distinct discipline. People come from sociology, biology, psychology, english, etc. Distinct perspectives come from two different principles looking at an issue. Criminology is a field of study rather than a discipline. About 10% of canadians have a criminal record (3. 4 million). 90% of americans committed a crime where they can be incarcerated. Crime is diverse, it takes a number of forms. It includes: drug trafficking, domestic violence, identity fraud etc.