B Block Criminology - To start today, you'll need to take one act from either list (Deviant but not Criminal or Criminal but not Deviant) and explain why it should be criminalized or why it should be decriminalized. This should be based on an evaluation of harm...in other words how deviant or not is the action? If the action would cause great social harm then perhaps we should criminalize that behaviour. If the action causes minimal social harm then perhaps we should decriminalize that behaviour. Remember, what is deviant in many cases is subjective. What is criminal is the codification of what a society as a whole deems as deviant.
So, there are three views on crime that we explored:
- Consensus view – belief that the majority of citizens in society share common values and agree on what acts should be criminalized. Crimes are behaviors believed to be repugnant to all elements of society. The substantive criminal law, which is the written code that defines crimes and their punishments, reflects the values, beliefs, and opinions of society’s mainstream (social norms;
- Conflict view – belief that criminal behaviour is defined by those in power to protect and advance their own self-interest, so criminal law reflects and protects established economic, radical, gendered, and political power and privilege. The conflict view depicts society as a collection of diverse groups - owners, workers, professionals, students - who are in constant and continuing conflict. According to the conflict view the definition of crime is controlled by those who possess wealth, power, and position; and
- Interactionist view – belief that those with social power are able to impose their values on society (moral entrepreneurs) and then those values define what is considered to be criminal acts. This position holds that (1) people act according to their own interpretations of reality, through which they assign meaning to things; (2) they observe the way others react to it, either positively or negatively; and (3) they reevaluate and interpret their own behavior according to the meaning and symbols they have learned from others. According to this perspective, there is no objective reality.
To end the class, we'll look at the history of where the common law (our criminal law) comes from: Code of Hammurabi, Mosaic Code, and English Common Law. Statutory law in Canada and defines the two requisite elements of crime under Canadian law: actus reus, the guilty act, and mens rea, the guilty mind.
A Block Physical Geography - Today you'll start with time to work on yesterday's time zone, latitude/longitude/GPS/GIS questions and then we'll start with some Topographic Mapping skills (area, distance, direction, slope, and symbols).
Aaaand...
How to Read a Topo Map from REI
Topographic Maps: The Basics from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
How to Read Topographic Maps from GAIAGPS
For free digital topographic maps of the Comox Valley use the Toporama Link HERE
Block 92F is us...
And the subdivisions for the Comox Valley are...
- 92F10 is Comox (incl. most of Denman, Hornby, Union Bay, Royston, Minto, South Courtenay, Downtown Courtenay, Courtenay East, Sandwick/Huband, Little River and all of Comox)
- 92F11 (West Courtenay, Cumberland, Dove Creek, Grantham, and Mount Washington)
- 92F15 (Kitty Coleman and Seal Bay)
- 92F14 (Grantham, Merville, Headquarters, Black Creek, Williams Beach, Saratoga Beach, Miracle Beach, and Oyster River)
Today's Fit...
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