Criminology Chapter 2

Code of Hammurabi
2000BCE

lex talions

Mosaic Code
1200BCE

Roman Law
twelve tablets
451 BCE

werglid

oath-helpers

crime traditionally was viewed as

stare decisis
Henry II
1154-1189

common law

common law is a

Crimes against a perosn

Inchoate (incomplete) crimes

crimes against property

Waltham Black Act
1723

Frame Breaking Act

Before Confederation 1867

Police of Canada Act
NWMP

British North American Act
1867

British North American Act
1867

3 Classifications of law

civil law

tort law

difference between criminal & civil law

Criminal law
two types

indictable offences

indictable offences

summary offence

Mala in se

Mala prohibitum

Mala prohibitum

criminal law is

criminal code includes 5 main concepts

folkways

mores

3 problems w/ expressing public opinion/morality

vagrancy

general deterrence

specific deterrence

2 parts of the legal definition of crime

actus reus

mens rea

intent

transferred intent

constructive intent

strict-liability crimes

criminal defences

ignorance/ mistake

mental disorder

fitness to stand trail

M'Naghten Rule
1843
legal mental disorder

intoxication

Duress

necessity

self defence

self defence must involve 2 things

entrapment

charter of rights and freedom
included in constitution act 1982

disclosure
1991

changing criminal law

Assisted suicide
obitiatry
Euthanasia

Stalking

break ups stalking
Women stalked in 5yrs
friends stalking
ex-partners
stranger

Cyberstalking

sex offender registration

community notification

three strikes

National DNA Databank

Corporate Crime
Westray Bill