CRMN 1000U Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ford Focus, Canada, Criminal Justice

• School: UOIT
• Department: Criminology-and-Justice
• Course: CRMN 1000U
• Professor: jordan harel

Document Summary

Crime is that behaviour prohibited by the criminal code. Crime is that behaviour that violates social norms. Crime is that behaviour so defined by agents and activities of the powerful. Rules to ensure fairness and justice in law. Each individual is equal under the law and is entitled to be treated without discrimination, based on, for example, age, sexual orientation, sex, race, ethnicity, religion and mental or physical disability. (goff, 8) Focus on procedure, preventing abuse of power, monitoring of criminal justice officials. Emphasis on fairness, making sure innocent are not convicted. Get tough on crime ; criminal justice system weak on criminals. Most important goal of criminal justice system : reduce crime by lengthy incareration. Assembly line process- efficiency, use of discretion. Punishment through: mandatory sentences, longer prison terms, elimination of parole. Justice fairness of criminal law system. Guilt, innocence and sentence should be determined fairly in accordance with available evidence (goff, 14)