Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Conditional Sentence, Halfway House, Day Parole

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Major roles of courts: hearing evidence presented at trial, determining guilt and innocence, rendering sentencing decisions across a wide range of criminal and civil cases. Provincial administrative tribunals responsible for resolving a disputes over a wide range of administrative issues in both provincial and federal jurisdictions: provincial ex) liquor licencing board, federal ex) parole board of canada. Provincial courts also referred to as (cid:862)i(cid:374)ferior (cid:272)ourts(cid:863) Provincial superior courts primary roles is to act as the court of first appeal for provincial courts. Restorative justice: repairing the harm caused by the crime: reparations repaying victims, families, communities. Sentencing: the judicial determination of a legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence. Specific deterrence: sentencing that will reduce the probability that an offender will reoffend in the future. General deterrence: sentencing that will reduce the probability that members of the general public will offend in the future.