Political Science 3334E Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Harm Principle

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 3334E
• Professor: Tony Vernon

Document Summary

Criminalization is only criminalization is only justified justified in order to prevent if the conduct is harmful or harm to others created an unreasonable risk to others. Focus on consequences intended on harmful consequences of by criminalization itself, the the criminalized act principle of harm cannot be a legitimate ground for penal legislation of the criminalization turns out to be an ineffective mean of preventing harm. Implication may provide legitimate does not depend on grounds for criminalization preventive principle, as such without harmful principle legislator may prohibit being fulfilled conduct that is harmful whether or not it effectively. State may want to prevents or reduces harm criminalize harmless conduct in order to prevent harm to others (may be the case that some crime can only be prevented by criminalizing conduct which is in itself harmless) Gun possession criminalization of drugs: principle of welfare, aimed at protecting some collective goals and interests.