Chapter 1

Question 1

People who are passionate about a cause and who uses their political, economic, or educational influence to raise awareness.

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Moral Entrepreneurs

Question 2

anything used to disseminate information to a wide audience

Answer 2

Media

Question 3

Affects/Influences the activities of politician

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Public Opinion

Question 4

• body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomena. It includes making,breaking, and reactions to making/breaking laws. Its objective is to develop general and verified principle and knowledge about law, crime and interventions

Answer 4

Criminology

Question 5

any human conduct that violates criminal law and is subject to punishment

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Crime

Question 6

Behaviour that violates social norms

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Deviance

Question 7

customary ways of doing everyday thing

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Social Norms

Question 8

Two views on deviancy

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Subjective and objetive

Question 9

Presence of certain characteristics defines deviance

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Objective Views

Question 10

Through socialization, we are taught that a person behaviour, or characteristics is deviant

Answer 10

Subject Views

Question 11

Laws developed based opinions of majority

Answer 11

Consensus Model

Question 12

Laws develops in order for the ruling class to control everyone else

Answer 12

Conflict Model

Question 13

Laws developed based on success of special interest groups competing for influence

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Interactionist Model

Question 14

an act of conscious interaction between mind and body, a physical movement that results from the determination or efforts of the actor

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Actus Reus

Question 15

The accused carried out an act intentionally, knowingly, and willingly

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Mens Rea

Question 16

States that the criminal act must be accompanies by an equally criminal mind

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Concurrence requirement

Question 17

Two main categories of criminal offences?

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Summary Offences and Indictable Offence

Question 18

Three types of Indictable Offence?

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Absolute Indictable, Electable Indictable, and Hybrid Offence

Question 19

Minor cases; heard in provincial and territorial courts

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Summary Offence

Question 20

Offences that are more serious

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Indictable Offence

Question 21

Offences that are tried in provincial court before a judge

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Absolute Indictable

Question 22

Offences that has an option of electing trial by provincial court judge or electing a court of Queens Bench Trial with or without a jury and with a preliminary inquiry

Answer 22

Electable Indictable

Question 23

Offences that are tried summarily or by indictament, depending on the discretion of the crown

Answer 23

Hybrid Offence

Question 24

Pleads the existence of a mental disease; couldn’t form the requisite mens rea

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Insanity Defence

Question 25

Defendant claims that by reason of a factual error, they did not/ could not had done something wrong

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Mistake of fact

Question 26

The accused admits committing the criminal act but argues they were justified in doing so due to the circumstances surrounding the event

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Defence of necessity

Question 27

The fact that the actor makes an innocent mistake and proceeds in good faith does not affect criminal liability

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Absolute-Liability Offence

Question 28

Exempt that Crown from proving the mens rea of the offence but if the accused can show due diligence, acquittal is possible

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Strict-Liability Offence

Question 29

Supreme aw of Canada

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The constitution

Question 30

Laws that prohibit or mandate certain act; from legislation passed in Parliament

Answer 30

Statute law

Question 31

Involves the judicial application and interpretation of laws as they apply in a particular case; law from court decision

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Case Law

Question 32

Regulatory offences; written by regulatory agencies that have been given power to develop and enforce rules in areas such as the environment and competition policy

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Administrative law