B Block Criminology - We got lost in traditional versus new media yesterday in class. Today we'll get to Batman: The Animated Series. From Comic Book Resources 10 Ways Batman: The Animated Series Changed DC
Batman: The Animated Series was a notable departure from DC's previous animated shows, and kid's animation in general. Previous cartoons had largely been bright, heroic, and light-hearted, but not Batman: The Animated Series. Many of the stories are tragic and focus heavily on the mental or physical illness of the villains. Even the episodes that aren't violent or tragic take themselves very seriously. Many of them spend time exploring the morality of what Batman does or take the time to highlight the collateral damage of crime in Gotham City. While cartoons exploring nuanced, mature topics has become more common nowadays, in the early 90s, it was almost unheard of for a Saturday morning kid's show to make such a bold move.
So why Batman, you ask?
And Why Batman in the 1990's specifically, you ask?
A Block Legal Studies - We are back in the Learning Commons / Library to work on our criminal law memo activity. Don't forget for your discussion section consider the principles of sentencing (deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, resocialization, and segregation); the options for sentencing; along with considerations in sentencing; and finally sentencing, healing, and releasing circles. The Criminal Code has purposes and principles that provide judges with guidance in sentencing. However, it does not provide absolutes. The Criminal Code recognizes that each offence has its own specific circumstances and each trial and accused has its own specific considerations. From Criminal Sentencing Considerations at William Jaska Law (link above):
Judges must consider several principles:
- Proportionality: The sentence must proportional to the crime, and the offenders’ degree of responsibility – s. 718.1
- Totality: A component of proportionality, it ensures the sentence is proportional to the gravity of the offence – s. 718.2(c)
- Parity: The sentence should be similar to other sentences that involve similar offences and circumstances – s. 718.2(b)
- Restraint: The Judge must exercise restraint to ensure sentences are just and fair, carried out in a manner that is both appropriate and humane – s. 718(d), (e)
So, try to identify the best choices for your sentencing recommendations from among: absolute discharge, conditional discharge, probation, suspended sentence, concurrent sentence, consecutive sentence, intermittent sentence, indeterminate sentence.
Also don't forget Mitigating circumstances are a set of factors that can lessen the severity of a sentence. They do not justify or excuse criminal action, but they can result in lesser sentences or reduced charges (young offender/first-time offender/not a principal actor but a party to the offense/Significant Personal or Financial Stress/Non-Violent Crime). Aggravating circumstances are the reverse of mitigating circumstances. They are a set of factors that increase the severity of a sentence (Previous Criminal Record/Violence or Disregard for the Safety of Others/Planned or Pre-Meditated/Use of a Weapon/Cruelty or Malice).
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our look at weather; working on an activity called “Sunlight and the Seasons” ("Solar energy and the reason for seasons"). After you have finished this activity you need to complete questions from your Geosystems Core textbook. If there's time we'll see what Bill Nye has to say about seasons. Below you'll find what the rotation of the Earth on its axis -giving us seasons-look like and mean for us?
Don't forget that every day we are going to start by looking at the synoptic forecast along with weather maps.
Envrionment Canada: Weather Office Courtenay
C Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Question: Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns? We'll look at places of worship, organizational structure, holy places, calendars, and cosmogony. Generally speaking universalizing religions are more likely to consider places holy that are associated with key events in the founder’s life, whereas ethnic religions’ holy places are tied to physical features present in their hearths, such as mountains, rivers, or rock formations. So here are a few things to consider:
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