From Exam 2 Review Flashcards
components of pre-sentence reports
history of offender
criminal record or lack thereof
mental illnesses
collateral (others) interviews
education lvl
Mitigating and Aggro Factors of offenders
mitigating = no prior convictions/ no crim record, cooperative, indegenous person, mental illness/disorder, age,
aggro = uncooperative, many past convictions, can be mental disorders like PDs, type of offense, no remorse
Role of offender remorse
- big telling factor if they get parole or not
factors influencing sentencing severity
- severity of crime
- victim impact
- offender remorse
types of false confessions
Voluntary = no promtp
Coerced internalized = gaslit guilty
Coerced Compliant = avoiding suffering
factors for a successful interrogation
- good planning
- good setting = closed off, make em feel trapped (no views of outside world), minimal ppl and furniture
- stipulation = showing offender that ur in charge
- Mr Big operations
Reid Tech
1 you’re guilty
2 its maybe cuz insert theme w sympathy but no hope
3 Nope, still guilty, no objecting that
4 You still have to face charges
5 wake up and listen man
6 its either confess or suffer
7 ik this is hard for u but////
8 now tell me the deets
9 write statement
illegal interrogations in canada
torture
denying food & water
physical force
threatening
quid pro quo
system and estimator varibles
passage of time
environment
duration of event
age of witness
factors affecting witness memory reliability
weapon presence
misleading info
framing of questions
mistakes tht can be made when interviewing witnessess
not building rapport
being bias
too many leading qs
guidelines on treating violent offenders
matching treatment to their violence level
treating criminogenic needs
operational vs legal decision making
operational = more specific to whatever offender/offense at hand is and a bit informal
legal decision making = longer like in court of wtf to do with offender
Statutory release canada
for lifers/indeterminators
u go back into community after serving 2/3 of ur sentc
not parole
can be denied if ur still a threat
actuarial risk assessment
looks at risk factors
. to see the threat someone poses to reoofend
screening methods for police applicants
situational ones - bull session, clues, foot patrol
inventory ones = MMPI (psychiatric), CPI (personality) IPI (atttiudes on law)
elements of criminal offences
mens rea
actus rea
criteria to get an expert witness in court
needs to b necessary
to determine if offender is NCRMD
expert needs to b qualified ofc
types of court proceedings
provincial/territorial
provincia/territorial superior
provincial/territorial appeal
federal
federal appeal
supreme
purpose of sentencing & responsibilities of corrections
deter
rehab
protect
punish
restore
difference betw prov n fed courts
2 year rule = fed ‘s problems if offfender serves more than 2 years of prison sent
most cases tho are prov
Confidentiality rules for psychologists in legal cases
informed consent
difference betw Dangerous and Long term offenders
dangerous = indeterminate sentec cuz are threats to public, rarely get parole granted
LTO = determinate sent get a supervision term of 10 years after their sentc when they in community
Conditions of bail and common restrictions
get a bail heairng within 24hrs of arrest for whatever theyre charged w
determines if they get released from custody before trial
Differences between adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems
adversarial = crown and defence uncovering the truth with evidence dusplayed by all parties, innocent until proven guilty
inquisotrial = judge plays prosecutor
