SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Good Samaritan Law, Hybrid Offence, Inquisitorial System
3 Dec 2016
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Can be enacted by provinces/territories or federal government. Punishments may include fines, penalties, or imprisonment. Falls under federal jurisdiction (constitution act, 1867) Crimes are wrongs against all of society and crown prosecutes cases on behalf of all citizens. Crimes consist of two elements pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)(cid:863: prohi(cid:271)ited (cid:272)ondu(cid:272)t that has an (cid:862)e(cid:448)il or injurious or undesirable effect upon the, a penalty that may be imposed on violators. Hierarchy of canadian criminal courts (bottom to top) Provincial/territorial court (ontario court of justice)-no juries. Superior court of criminal jurisdiction (superior court of justice)-indictable crimes tried. Court of appeal-provincial hears appeal from superior, and or territorial court decisions. Supreme court of canada-restrictive in what cases they will hear. Indictable (felonies: can be tried by more than one court procedure, most accused persons have the right to preliminary inquiry, examples: murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, robbery, theft over ,000, breaking and entering.
