What is a crime? : Qu'est-ce qu'un crime? : des défis et des choix : document de discussion

The Law Commission of Canada is mandated to systematically review the laws of Canada to determine whether they continue to meet the needs of society. [...] The way in which we respond to various types of conduct is a reflection of the type of society that we want to live in. [...] It universalizes the problem in the sense that it recognizes the claim of the victim as valid and sufficient enough to demand a guarantee of protection by the state. [...] The media, and in 12 LAW COMMISSION OF CANADA particular television, tend to focus on violent crime, which many Restraint in the recourse to criminal law is observers say creates an inaccurate perception about the level of only one facet of the Commission’s mandate violent crime in Canada. [...] In this way, the mass media play an to remove anachronisms and anomalies in the law, and to develop new approaches to and important role in cultivating support for punitive solutions by concepts of the law in keeping with, and enhancing fears of criminality through the representation of violent responsive to, the changing needs of crimes.