SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Indictable Offence, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Summary Offence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Very few courses make it to trial, many are setled outside of court. Summary ofences: provincial court, only a judge, no jury, sentences are mild, no inger prining. Indictable: absolute jurisdicion provincial (sec 553) provincial courts, no jury, absolute jurisdicion superior (sec 469) judge and jury, most serious ofences, electable ofences- choose a provincial or superior court. Stats- 2011 and 2012: stephen harper did not like statscan so info is limited, 54% of arrests are for property crimes, only 23. 3% of crimes in court are property crimes. Males are most likely to be there for violent and traic ofences. 18-24 years old are most likely to have run ins with the law less than 45 years old are 85% of cases that go to court convicion: plead or found guilty. 65% of cases end in convicion highest convicions are for traic cases- 80% lowest is for atempted murder- 10-15: very hard to prove not guilty= an acquital.