SOCI 2450 Study Guide - Crime Prevention, School Violence, Deterrence Theory
Document Summary
Criminology: the study of the making, breaking and reaction to breaking of the law. *plea bargaining lowers inflation, disappointing in cjs. Civil (tort) law = crime against an individual, private wrong. Substantive criminal law defences & penalties. Procedural criminal law how the state will deal with you. Make laws pass laws enforce laws. Court decisions or common law (case law); ruling coming from other cases; informative ruling from former decisions. Administrative laws; applies to environment, companies, governing bodies; parliament. Policy = guidelines on how laws should be enforced. Replication = independently repeated by research in order to further knowledge. Blind review = assessing without knowing who you are reviewing. ; members of rcmp teaching children in public schools about drug safety. Cambridge-summerville youth program; professional councillors helping troubled boys; goal was to see if friendly advice would make a difference; evidence proved to be ineffective. Increase patrols in certain times; showed no increase or decrease.
