Classical School of Criminology

Classical School of Criminology In this assignment option you must assess whether or not the information on the three offences below is consistent with the Classical School of Criminology. You must demonstrate your knowledge of the School and explain your reasoning. The information on the offences is taken from the Criminal Code of Canada (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/FullText.html), the information on clearance rates is taken directly from Statistics Canada (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11647-eng.pdf) and the information on case lengths is taken directly from Statistics Canada (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002- x/2015001/article/14226-eng.pdf). Manslaughte r 234 Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide is manslaughter. 236 Every person who commits manslaughter is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (b) to imprisonment for life. Robbe ry 343 Every one commits robbery who: (a) steals, and for the purpose of extorting whatever is stolen or to prevent or overcome resistance to the stealing, uses violence or threats of violence to a person or property; (b) steals from any person and, at the time he steals or immediately before or immediately thereafter, wounds, beats, strikes or uses any personal violence to that person; (c) assaults any person with intent to steal from him; or (d) steals from any person while armed with an offensive weapon or imitation thereof. 344 (1) Every person who commits robbery is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (b) to imprisonment for life. Breaking and entering with intent, committing offence or breaking out  348 (1) Every one who (a) breaks and enters a place with intent to commit an indictable offence therein, (b) breaks and enters a place and commits an indictable offence therein, or Crim 1100 Assignment Option One 1|Page (c) breaks out of a place after (i) committing an indictable offence therein, or (ii) entering the place with intent to commit an indictable offence therein, is guilty (d) if the offence is committed in relation to a dwelling-house, of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life. *** Please note that imprisonment “for life” is a maximum (not a minimum) sentence. As we discussed in class there is no minimum sentence. Clearance rates (Cleared by Charge in 2010):  Homicide (includes manslaughter) = 69/100  Robbery = 35.4/100  Break and Enter = 10.5/100 Average (Median) Length of Cases in Days (2014)  Homicide (includes manslaughter) = 451  Robbery = 223  Break and Enter = 176