CRIMINAL LAW STUDY GUIDE
HOUSEHOLD VICTIMIZATION
URBAN PEOPLE FACE HIGHER RISK THAN RURAL PEOPLE, HIGHER HOUSEHOLD INCOME ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER VICTIMIZATION RATE, HIGHR RATES IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH MORE PEOPLE, SEMI-DETACHED,ROW, AND DUPLEX HOMES FACE THE HIGHEST RATE AND RENTERS FACE HIGHER RATES THAN OWNERS
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVED IN THEIR HOMES FOR ONLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ARE MORE AT RISK OF VICTIMIZATION
MOST VICTIMS LOST UNDER $500 AND MOST ITEMS WERE NEVER RECOVERED
ONLY 3 IN 4 CASES WERE INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE AND VICTIMS WERE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATION PROGRAM.

CRIME
CRIME IS A DETERMINATION OF GUILT IN A CRIMINAL COURT ALSO REFERED TO AS THE “BLACK LETTER”, IT’S THE VIOLATION OF A CRIMINAL LAW, VIOLATION OF SOCIAL NORMS. THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF CRIME IS THAT BEHAVIOUR WICH IS PROHIBITD BY THE STATE AS AN INJURY TO THE STATE.
ABORIGINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINAL CASES IN CANADA
GANNON AND MOLHOREAN
CONVICTIONS
WRONGFUL ACT
CULPABLE BECARRIA
TASERS
TASERS STANTS FOR “ THOMAS A. SWIFT ELECTRIC RIFFLE”
HAND HELD WEAPON THAT DELIVERS A JOLT OF ELECTRICITY FROM A DISTANCE
INMOBILIZES INDIVIDUALS MUSCLES
VERY EFFECTIVE
UCR

DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION IF THE DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED ON NEGATIVE JUDGMENTS RELATED TO GROUP MEMBERSHIP.
SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION- DISCRIMINATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE OPERATION OF THE CJS
INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION- DISPITES IN THE OUTCOMES OF POLICIES
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