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SOC 225 FINAL NOTES
Chapter 1
Moral blindness: don’t know right from wrong
Criminology: process of making ,breaking law and reaction to breaking laws
Why study? : 3 reasons. 1 it can tell us about our society.2nd reduce crime 3rd crime direct and indirectly affects us all.
Discipline of criminology p12
Federal law> all province law , province appoint judges for lower court(>2 years) < federal gov – higher court(>2years) weed, but bot h wrong)
Severity of response to act: punishment differs for countries
Assessment of degree of harm: whether the crime is harmful to others ( drug use –violence)
Conflict vs consensus theory of law:
Consensus theory: law is based on agreement from majority of ppl what should be illegal.
Conflict: laws are made by elites to protect themselves and control the mass.
Terrorism and green crime is new to criminology field.

Chapter 2
Federal parliament can enact criminal law. Supreme court of Canada ruled penalty must be directed towards injury to the public.
Substantive criminal law: legislation defines crime. Criminal procedure: process of penalty making. ( both is part of the criminal code). Criminal code: indictable offences is the most serious. ( can go to court)
True crime: assault etc. Regulatory offence: drugs etc
Common law – judge made law. Due to the parliament impossible to create a law for every situation.
Necessity is known as common law defense p73
Charter of rights and freedom> any piece of legislation. Judges can void legislation if contradicts.
Actus reus: elements in criminal offence besides mental elements. Mens rea: mental elements.
Party to a crime: same intentions 共犯者
Inchoate offence/crime : unsuccessful crime. Counselling: telling someone to commit crime.
Conspiracy: agreement between 2 or more to commit crime.
Necessity: self-defense, duress: commit crime...