Justice and criminal justice Flashcards
definition of justice
Any involvement in canadas criminsl justice system
definition of criminal law
from police investigation to trial to sentancing to imprisionment must be just
what does being just mean
- Being fair
- Efficent
- Clairty
- Restraint
what does being fair mean when being just
Impartial to circumstances
What does being efficent mean
Timely process (habeaus corpus)
what does clairty mean
the accused understands the charges and process
what does restraint mean
- any officials involved in the crimnal justice system shows self dicipline in how the accused is trated
what is procedural justice
accountabilty is when all justice offcials are responsible their actions & their actions & no one is above you
what is participation
subclassifiction of precudrual justice
-public and accused are actively involved in the process (public trials, jury of peers)
what does protection mean
subclasssification of procedural
accused must be kept safe from harm
types of criminal law
-the crimnial code pf canada is the main source of criminal in canada
-created by the federal governement
ottowa is constabnly changing reforming the criminial code to reflct canadians values
-the jurdiciary interpret criminal laws and apply them to indicviual cases often using precedence
what is Quasi law
-provinces have the right to pass laws
- any provincial laws cant be consdered criminal
Criminal
-these laws resemble criminal laws but do not actually deal with crimes
Illegal
- there wouldbe no time in jail
- ex) speeding
- highway traffic act
- penalties result in fines or suspension of vechile
