Introduction To Criminal Justice Canada
By Kelly Gorkoff
, Contents
Chapter 1 introducing the canadian criminal justice system: an overview
chapter 2 knowing and thinking about criminal justice
Chapter 3 the history and purpose of policing in canada: techniques of
social order
Chapter 4 how do police, police? The where, how, and what of policing in
canada
Chapter 5 making criminal law
Chapter 6 using law: policing and the courts
chapter 7 philosophies of punishment and penality
Chapter 8 judicial decision-making and sentencing patterns
chapter 9 incarceration in canada
Chapter 10 community corrections and conditional release
chapter 11 youth and the canadian criminal justice system
Chapter 12 moving forward: selected issues in canadian criminal justice
,Chapter 1 – Introducing the Canadian Criminal Justice System: An Overview
TRUE/FALSE
1. Communities Are Integral When It Comes To Maintaining Social
Order. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify And Discuss The Three Main Purposes Of The Canadian Criminal
Justice System.
2. The Maintenance Of Justice Refers To A More Ethical Set Of Ideas In Which The
System Seeks A Balance Between Punishment And Freedom.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify And Discuss The Three Main Purposes Of The Canadian Criminal
Justice System.
3. Liberal Justice Means That All Arrest, Detention, Court Process, And Sentencing
Must Take Into Account The Rights And Freedoms Granted To An Offender.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.1 Identify And Discuss The Three Main Purposes Of The Canadian Criminal
Justice System.
4. Only The Federal Government Has The Power To Create, Amend, And Repeal
Canadian Criminal Law.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize Which Level Of Government Is Responsible For Which Part Of
The Criminal Justice System.
5. The Majority Of Regulatory Law Is Written By Elected Officials.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize Which Level Of Government Is Responsible For Which Part Of
The Criminal Justice System.
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6. Indictable Conviction Offences Are Ones That Carry A Minor Penalty And Proceed
Without The Right To A Jury.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize Which Level Of Government Is Responsible For Which Part Of
The Criminal Justice System.
7. Police Officers Are Subject To Criminal Charges And Civil Law Suits For Not
Conducting Themselves According To Proper Procedure.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.2 Recognize Which Level Of Government Is Responsible For Which Part Of
The Criminal Justice System.
8. In Canada, Juries Can Give A Convicted Person A
Sentence. Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.3 Understand And Identify The Flow Of An Accused Through The System.
9. Government Policy Seems To Be Less Linked To The Research Process And
Research Findings Than It Was A Few Decades Ago.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Skill: Applied
LO. 1.4 Discuss The Three Primary Objectives Of The Study Of Criminal Justice.
10. Criminal Justice, While A Stand-Alone Discipline, Is Strongly
Interdisciplinary. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Skill: Recall
LO. 1.4 Discuss The Three Primary Objectives Of The Study Of Criminal Justice.
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