LAWS 3306 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mens Rea, Robert Latimer, The Faint
9 Apr 2017
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Youth: young persons are no longer seen as a need of guidance, but rather as individuals who have same responsibilities as adults. Sexual abuse: packer, when he formulated his theory believed that incest and statutory rape were imaginary crimes that should be repealed. Due to time trauma and difficulty of securing criminal convictions, you would use criminal law: before the 1970 there were only a few case that deal with sexual abuse of children (not much focus/issues/problems) Introduced in 1986 by parliament: the basis for billc-15 was that the criminal law had failed and that the criminal law had to be reformed to protect the victims. Focusing on the victim punitive aspect: creates a number of new sexual offences, e. g. sexual interference. Invitation to sexual touching: emphasis on sexual relations on those who you would trust (like teacher and student)
