Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada
This course focuses on the history of crime and criminal justice in Canada from the earliest settlement by Europeans to the late twentieth century. Topics include crime and the development of the criminal law, criminal courts and jurisdictions, the police, punishments, correctional institutions in Eastern, Central and Western Canada during the time period. Attention will be given to the relationship of criminality to the moral attitudes and socio-economic conditions, and the historic role of crime and punishment in the local communities, society and the state.
- Hours: 42 (3-0)