Sociology 2253A/B Chapter 3: soc 2253 ch 3
26 Oct 2016
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Soc 2253- chapter 3 - control philosophy and criminal justice policy. 4 philosophies underlying the criminal justice system. Selective incapacitation model: focuses primarily on those individuals labelled dangerous. Justice model: probably the dominant criminal justice policy. Restorative justice and aboriginal justice systems have been introduced as alternatives in recent years. Sexual offences less likely to be cleared by police than other offences. Criminal charges are laid in about 33% of sexual assault cases compared to 50% in other violent crimes but those found guilty of sexual assault more likely to have jail time. Less than 1% of those serving time federally for sexual assault was a woman. Policy makers have to decide how they wanna treat offenders, do they want to rehabilitate or make prevention programs or longer sentences etc crime control in canada. Critics say that cjs is too soft and that we shouldnt have plea bargaining, parole, judicial discretion while sentencing and we need more police of cers.
