Final Review Flashcards
The Royal Northwest mounted police was created in 1873 to police Rupert’s Land. What was their primary responsibility at this time?
The prevention of the whiskey trade
Upon entry into confederation each province was required to enact the legislation providing for provincial policing. Saskatchewan enacted this legislation in 1905 and immediately…
Contracted the federal force to serve as the provincial force
The geographical jurisdiction of municipal police forced is…
Community boundaries
Provincial policing in Saskatchewan is carried out by which force
RCMP
3 primary levels of policing in Saskatchewan are…
federal, provincial, municipal
In Saskatchewan, if a municipality has a population is bigger than … the municipality must have their own municipal police force
20,000
Which branches does the RCMP operate in a federal capacity
Crime Detection Laboratory
Which statutes establishes the legal framework for policing in Saskatchewan
The Police Act, 1990
What are the 3 P’s of Community Policing
Prevention, Problem Solving, Partnership (with the community)
Which agency is primarily responsible for resource and environmental law in Saskatchewan
Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety
What primarily determines of citizens attitude towards police
Pass personal experience
A person may plead what if she has already been tried and convicted of an offence before the court
Autrefoise Convict
What is the most common sentence in Canada
Probation
What is an intermittent sentence
If the prison sentence is 90 days or less, the judge can make it intermittent (spend weekends in jail, on probation during the week)
Which goals of sentencing are not one of the traditional utilitarian goals
just deserts (retribution)
Which of the following is no longer listed among the goals of sentencing under the Criminal Code
just deserts
Purpose and principles of sentencing are outlined under which section of the Criminal Code
718 of the cc
The two primary pleas available to a person in Canada is what
Guilty and Not Guilty
Retributive goals of sentencing focus on past rather than future behavior
True
If a person is sentenced to serve 2 years less a day he will serve his time in a provincial correctional institution
True
Mitigating circumstances are those which lessen the severity of a penalty imposed by a judge
True
Denunciation is a retributive goal of sentencing
True
Section 717 of the cc authorizes the use of alterative measures of adult in Canada
True
The investigating officer has the final authority of if the case is being diverted to alternative measures
False
The Canadian Wildlife Service is the agency primarily responsible for resource and environmental law in Saskatchewan
False
If the population of a municipality of 5,000 or less the RCMP carry out the policing responsibility
True
Conservation officers are required to take the same pistol training as the Prince Albert City Police and meet the same qualifications
True
Two primary pleas available to an accused person in Canada are Guilty and Innocent
False
Conservation Officer in Saskatchewan are authorized to enforce the Criminal Code
True
Conservation Officer in Saskatchewan enforce federal legislation such as WAPARITTA and the Migratory Birds Act of 1994
True
Federal policing in Saskatchewan is carried out by the RCMP
True
It is the primary responsibility of Federal Policing to police rural areas and the areas outside of the municipalities
False
If a victim does not choose to participate in alternative measures, he may be represented by a surrogate victim
True
