Responding to crime: Part 2 Courts, Sentencing & Prisons

Question 1

Provincial courts

Answer 1

criminal division hears all summary convictions

Question 2

2. Trial division of the provincial superior courts hears …]

Answer 2

more serious indictable offences

Question 3

3. Supreme Court of Canada hears…]

Answer 3

federal cases on civil, criminal, and constitutional matters

Question 4

What do prosecutors have regarding charges

Answer 4

have a great deal of discretion

Question 5

4 fundamental philosophical reasons lie behind the sentencing process

Answer 5

1. Deterrence (Specific and General)
2. Incapacity
3. Rehabilitation
4. Justice (retribution)

Question 6

Capital Punishment

Answer 6

State-sanctioned murder

Question 7

When was capital punishment abolished in Canada

Answer 7

1976

Question 8

Capital Punishment remains…]

Answer 8

• remains a controversial issue

Question 9

Federal penitentiary

Answer 9

sentenced to 2+ years

Question 10

Provincial

Answer 10

sentenced to 2 years less a day