CRM 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White-Collar Crime
16 Sep 2015
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The charivari: an early form of community justice, was common in europe and migrated in north america, ireland, france, when someone broke the values of the community, ex people who treated their farm workers poorly, remarrying merely a year after, they would try to intimidate people and fall into line by shouting, threatening, banging pots and pans together, singing dirty lyrics, it"s an exercise in shaming, a lot of police practices were introduced to stop this kind of justice that wasn"t tied with the authorities. Magna carta british document that created the justice system that allowed the authority to use violence and put a stop to criminals. The police look upon domestic violence very differently now than they did a few decades ago. Our society changed and our views changed. A group of citizens who carry out successful campaigns to bring change (ex mothers against drunk driving).
