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CRIME CAUSATION [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-01-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Criminology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- crime causation
1, record 1, English, crime%20causation
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... analysis of crime causation among street-involved youth in Toronto relates occurrence of crime to hunger and the need for shelter and does provide gender analysis that links males to theft and females to the sex trade. 1, record 1, English, - crime%20causation
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Criminologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cause du crime
1, record 1, French, cause%20du%20crime
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
cause du crime : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel. 2, record 1, French, - cause%20du%20crime
Record 1, Key term(s)
- causes du crime
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2020-04-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Criminology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- analytical criminology
1, record 2, English, analytical%20criminology
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Analytical criminology is concerned with the understanding of why people engage in acts of crime. More specifically the focus is on identifying the key social, developmental and situational processes(mechanisms) involved in crime causation. 1, record 2, English, - analytical%20criminology
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Criminologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- criminologie analytique
1, record 2, French, criminologie%20analytique
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1991-07-03
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Legal Actions
- Penal Law
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- conditional plea of guilty
1, record 3, English, conditional%20plea%20of%20guilty
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Because a guilty plea constitutes an admission of all the essential elements of a crime, the law rejects conditional pleas of guilty... At trial on a charge of murder, the accused entered a plea of not guilty but also... a conditional plea of guilty to manslaughter, conditional in the sense that the defence wished to raise the issue of causation. The Court held that this kind of plea was not permitted... 1, record 3, English, - conditional%20plea%20of%20guilty
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Actions en justice
- Droit pénal
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- plaidoyer de culpabilité conditionnel
1, record 3, French, plaidoyer%20de%20culpabilit%C3%A9%20conditionnel
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Comme le plaidoyer de culpabilité constitue un aveu relatif à tous les éléments essentiels du crime, le droit actuel exclut le plaidoyer de culpabilité conditionnel ... À son procès pour meurtre, l'accusé avait plaidé non coupable, mais il avait aussi inscrit, ... un plaidoyer de culpabilité conditionnel à l'inculpation d'homicide involontaire coupable - conditionnel, en ce sens que la défense entendait soulever la question du lien de causalité. La Cour a jugé que l'article 534 du Code (l'actuel article 606) n'autorisait pas ce type de plaidoyer ... 1, record 3, French, - plaidoyer%20de%20culpabilit%C3%A9%20conditionnel
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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