Final exam - Crim

Question 1

RCMP

Answer 1

Federal National Police Force that serves municipalities within provinces on a contract basis.
Does not provide policing in Ontario or Quebec
Enforces Federal laws & the criminal code within provincial legislation
They police at the Federal, provincial and municipal level
Preserving peace, prevent crime, apprehend criminals and offenders, execute all warrants

Question 2

BC Corrections

Answer 2

.care for those in custody as well as making sure people who are out on parole are doing their community service duties and assisting their rehabilitation into society.
-Okanagan jail has a 1:60 guard to prisoner ratio and it is very unsafe for everyone

Question 3

Correctional Services of Canada

Answer 3

.federal –> answering to public safety canada
-house and rehabilitate offenders for those incarcerated for 2+ years
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Question 4

BC Sherriff Service

Answer 4

.escort convicted people across provinces.

-gather information and threat assessments for high security / profile cases.

Question 5

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Answer 5

.investigates the threats to national security

• the country is broken up into 6 regions
• BC has four branches including counter terrorism, counter intelligence, counter proliferation and research analysis branch

Question 6

Canada Border Service

Answer 6

. are located at ports, airports and land crossings. federal jurisdiction

Question 7

Stages for a bill to become a law

Answer 7

first reading
second reading
committee
report 
third reading
senate
royal assent

Question 8

Damage Done - War on Drugs

Answer 8

-Alcohol didn’t create Al Capone, the prohibition of it did
Arresting one small drug dealer doesn’t stop the supply.
-Money is put into the war on drugs but what does it actually do?
-Spraying cocaine fields in Columbia
-There are unintended outcomes of banning drugs
-Lots of property crime is done by people trying to get money for drugs
-Stress on the judicial system
-Drug laws have negatively affected the public’s view on police
-Racist implications and the judicial system reinforces this
-there isn’t a correlation between death tolls and how much they take off the streets.

Question 9

what 5 things do criminal courts do?

Answer 9

1. decide if people stay in custody while their case is dealt with
2. is a person guilty v not
3. impose sentence
4. hear appeals from lower courts
5. interpret the charter/ constitution

Question 10

Investigation and standards office (ISO)

Answer 10

• investigates complaints by inmates, probationers or prisoners at a provincial level
• review inmate disciplinary appeals
• inspect facilities and processes
• looking over incident reviews
• make recommendations based on findings

Question 11

officer of the correctional investigator

Answer 11

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