[CRI225H1] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (44 pages long!)
Document Summary
Cri225 week two september 22, 2016. Distinguish crime from other prohibited/regulated conduct which carries potential penalties (including jail) Owning an illegal pit bull in ontario (dog owner"s liability act) Operating a hot dog stand without a licence. Owning more than 6 ferrets in toronto. Practicing midwifery without authorization (regulated health professions act, s. 27) Observing the seal hunt without a licence (marine mammal regulation, s. 33) Interests that we protect in the types of law we create. Symbolic nature: define the limits of acceptable behaviour. Forms the basis of the social contract . Limited consensus of what should be crime. Social contract we all give up some of our rights to ensure we live in a civilized and safe society, we all buy into these rules. Consensus of some crimes (murder, theft, sexual assault) A lot of behaviour on margins that we criminalize that can be regulated some other way. Before illegal for a doctor to preform abortion, not anymore.