SOC209H5 Chapter Notes -Summary Offence, Indictable Offence, Pyramid Scheme
Document Summary
Only a fraction of the criminal acts committed come to the attention of the police, and only a much smaller fraction of these are heard in the courts or lead to a sentence of incarceration. In parliament and in provincial legislatures that elected officials enact and amend laws, establish annual budgets for criminal justice agencies, determine fiscal allocations, and-where necessary conduct investigations and inquiries into various activities of the justice system. Ngos (nongovernmental organizations) and other not-for-profit groups deliver a variety of services on a contract basis for example, they supervise offenders on bail, assist victims, provide community-based and institutional programming, and supervise paroles. The role and responsibilities of governments in criminal justice. The division of responsibilities between the federal and provincial governments was spelled out in the constitution act, 1867. The basic division is that the federal government decides which behaviors constitute criminal offences, while the provincial/territorial governments are responsible for law enforcement and for administering the justice system.
