CRIM 2652- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 65 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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In class test #1, november 2nd (20%) In class test #2, january 25th (20%) In class test #3, march 29th (20%) 6 guiding course themes - analytical tools to make sense of criminal justice. Thursday, september 7, 2017: due process and crime control, justice as a performance, myth of the system , discretion and accountability, inequality and intersexuality, socio-historical context - shaped by a lot of factors, changes over time patdwyer@yorku. ca. Legal de nitions of crime and the administration criminal justice re ect and reproduce universally held shared social values. Focus on criminal acts and actions (not reactions) Crimes are acts which are mala in se (wrong in themselves) i. e. : murder is wrong (general agreement) and should not be tolerated. Activities or behaviours are criminalized because of broader social, economic and political factors. The unequal distribution of power in uences de nitions of crime and the administration of criminal justice.
