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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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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

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2
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anything used to disseminate information to a wide audience

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Media

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3
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Affects/Influences the activities of politician

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Public Opinion

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4
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  • 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
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Criminology

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5
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any human conduct that violates criminal law and is subject to punishment

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Crime

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6
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Behaviour that violates social norms

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Deviance

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7
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customary ways of doing everyday thing

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Social Norms

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8
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Two views on deviancy

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Subjective and objetive

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9
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Presence of certain characteristics defines deviance

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Objective Views

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

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Subject Views

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11
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Laws developed based opinions of majority

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Consensus Model

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12
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Laws develops in order for the ruling class to control everyone else

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Conflict Model

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13
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Laws developed based on success of special interest groups competing for influence

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Interactionist Model

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14
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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

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15
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The accused carried out an act intentionally, knowingly, and willingly

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Mens Rea

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16
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States that the criminal act must be accompanies by an equally criminal mind

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Concurrence requirement

17
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Two main categories of criminal offences?

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Summary Offences and Indictable Offence

18
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Three types of Indictable Offence?

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Absolute Indictable, Electable Indictable, and Hybrid Offence

19
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Minor cases; heard in provincial and territorial courts

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Summary Offence

20
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Offences that are more serious

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Indictable Offence

21
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Offences that are tried in provincial court before a judge

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Absolute Indictable

22
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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

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Electable Indictable

23
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Offences that are tried summarily or by indictament, depending on the discretion of the crown

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Hybrid Offence

24
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Pleads the existence of a mental disease; couldn’t form the requisite mens rea

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Insanity Defence

25
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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

26
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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

27
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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

28
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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

29
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Supreme aw of Canada

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The constitution

30
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Laws that prohibit or mandate certain act; from legislation passed in Parliament

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Statute law

31
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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

32
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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

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