CRM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Procedural Justice, Small Claims Court, Actus Reus
17 Oct 2013
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The criminal justice in canada consists of three major agencies: the police, the courts, and the correctional system. Federal conservative party has tried to revise various sections of the criminal code + introduce new laws for the express purpose of tackling crime and making communities safer . Changes include increasing the number of mandatory minimum penalty laws. Survey in quebec found: some community supervision and treatment programs reduced recidivism rates for substance abusers and nonviolent offenders, key factors that impact on reducing the crime rate, higher levels of education attainment, higher employment rates, higher wages. Cultural patterns of a society is shaped by ways of thinking, feeling, and acting. Society often develops a system to warn its disapproval for ones that break with approved ways of thinking and action. Criminal law is not static, as social attitudes change, our definition of crime changes.
