CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Judicial Council, Downtown Eastside, Drug Court
15 Mar 2016
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Responsibiliies : determine guilt/innocence, impose appropriate sentence, protect accused"s rights. Judicial independence : fair, imparial trials, no poliical interference. Most frequent cases : impaired driving, common assault. Historically, judicial independence over judicial accountability (may be changing) Provincial court > provincial superior court (trials) > provincial superior court (appeals) > supreme court. Provincial courts : dispose of almost all criminal cases, sit without juries, also hear cases for young ofenders, provincial statute violaions cases, may include family courts, small claims, may preside over preliminary inquiries. Specialized provincial courts : departure from adversarial approach, problem solving and team responses, the concept : therapeuic jurisprudence means the court is a system of change. Emphasizes dialogue, but few evaluaions : lack resources, high rates of non-compleion. Specialized provincial court examples : community courts (downtown eastside) it works for people at downtown east side, very diferent. Mental health courts : tends to be focused on itness to stand trial.
