CRM 100 Study Guide - Selective Enforcement, Retributive Justice, Judicial Discretion

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 100
• Professor: Anne- Marie Singh

Document Summary

Crm 100 - study questions for the final exam. The roles of victims and other members of the public in the conventional criminal justice process is to stand by and allow the accused to go through the process efficiently without much involvement. The traditional cjs is focussed entirely on the offender so the victim is excluded, making crime defined as an offense against the state and not the victim. Recent developments have attempted to re include the victim and give them an active role in the cjs for example victim impact statements, and restitution. In the policing process, the victim is supposed to let the police do the work, while in the court process the victim s responsibility is to show up in court and be a witness if needed. In the correctional phase, the victim does not have much involvement at this point after the punishment has already been laid out.