D Block Criminology 12 - Today we will continue our look at property crime and theft. We'll continue our focus on shoplifting and you'll need to work the following:
You work for the Retail Council of Canada and have been hired to create a poster campaign about shoplifting. The poster campaign has two purposes:
- To help employees identify people who are shoplifting and
- To explain how to reduce shoplifting in stores (target hardening and target removal strategies)
Look at pages 228-229 in the
CRIM text for help. Here are some further ideas and points.....
Spot the Shoplifter:
Unfortunately, there is no typical profile of a shoplifter. Thieves come in all
ages, races and from various backgrounds. However, there are some signs that
should signal a red flag for retailers. While the following characteristics
don't necessarily mean guilt, retailers should keep a close eye on shoppers who
exhibit the following:
- Spends more time watching the cashier or sales clerk than actually shopping.
- Wears bulky, heavy clothing during warm weather or coats when unnecessary.
- Walks with short or unnatural steps, which may indicate that they are concealing lifted items.
- Takes several items into dressing room and only leaves with one item.
- Seems nervous and possibly picks up random items with no interest.
- Frequently enters store and never makes a purchase.
- Enters dressing room or rest rooms with merchandise and exits with none.
- Large group entering the store at one time, especially juveniles. A member of the group causes a disturbance to distract sales staff.
C & A Blocks Social Studies 10 - Today we are going to continue our editorial cartoon work. Your cartoons are due Monday in class so it would be wise to spend today's class time in a productive and useful manner....in other words get it done. Some help:
For your Pro/Anti Confederation cartoon consider
- context — the circumstances in which it was created (imagine it is 1865 or 1866 in the Atlantic colony you've selected)
- content — the details of what it shows (how will you convey your message of pro or anti confederation)
- target — who or what it is directed at (colonists or politicians)
- style — how it presents the content, through images, words and humour which taken together determine its
- message — the key point it is trying to make, or the idea it is putting forward.
- symbolism - using an object to stand for an idea
- captioning and labels - used for clarity and emphasis
- analogy - a comparison between two unlike things that share some characteristics
- irony - the difference between the way things are and the way things should be or the way things are expected to be
- exaggeration or characture - overstating or magnifying a problem or a physical feature or habit: big nose, bushy eyebrows, large ears, baldness
B Block Law 12 - Today we'll start with the R. v. Parker (2000) case. In essence the case enabled the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Canada. We'll discuss who is allowed to obtain legal permission to possess through the MMAP (Marijuana Medical Access Program).
Category 1: This category is comprised of any symptoms treated within the context of providing compassionate end-of-life care; or the symptoms associated with the specified medical conditions listed in the schedule to the Regulations, namely:
- Severe pain and/or persistent muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis;
- Severe pain and/or persistent muscle spasms from a spinal cord injury;
- Severe pain and/or persistent muscle spasms from spinal cord disease;
- Severe pain, cachexia, anorexia, weight loss, and/or severe nausea from cancer;
- Severe pain, cachexia, anorexia, weight loss, and/or severe nausea from HIV/AIDS infection;
- Severe pain from severe forms of arthritis; or
- Seizures from epilepsy.
Applicants must provide a declaration from a medical practitioner to support their application.
Category 2: is for applicants who have debilitating symptom(s) of medical condition(s), other than those described in Category 1. Under Category 2, persons with debilitating symptoms can apply to obtain an Authorization to Possess dried marihuana for medical purposes, if a specialist confirms the diagnosis and that conventional treatments have failed or judged inappropriate to relieve symptoms of the medical condition. While an assessment of the applicant's case by a specialist is required, the treating physician, whether or not a specialist, can sign the medical declaration.
For more see:
CBC News Health
CBC News: Medical Marijuana Law Under Review
Vancouver Sun: How Canada's Medical Marijuana System Works
Ottawa Citizen: Most Medical Marijuana Users are Middle-Aged Men
After our discussion I'll have you complete the questions we started yesterday in class.
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