SOC327 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Victim Impact Statement, Public Knowledge, Restorative Justice
15 Apr 2016
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In terms of crime, holding people accountable; make people face consequences of their actions. How do we know we have achieved justice ? what are the indicator of justice ?- Looking beyond the individual and looking at what has contirbuted to the crime - consequences fits the crime (eg white crime)- Important institution designed to establish independence from the gov"t; goal to determine what is in the best interest of canadians. But in 1993 maroni put an end to commission it was reopened in 1996, and then harper put an end to it again because it was a threat to their political agenda; Without it gov"t was able to pass legislations that radically transformed canada"s approach to justice ( said she is not gonna test on it) The concept of system implies that various parts of this system function harmoniously in the pursuit of a common goal. The limits of the criminal sanction (1968) ( expended on the articles above)
