SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Regulatory Offence, Eastern Canada, Sexual Assault
30 Jun 2016
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Most communities are small; court travels on circuit . Deal with most criminal offences, family law matters (not divorce), young persons in conflict with law (12-17), traffic violations, provincial/territorial regulatory offences, claims incolcing money. Drug treatment court (toronto, vancouver, edmonton, regina, winnipeg, ottawa) Address needs of non-violent offenders charged with criminal offences motivated by their addiction. Intensive combination of judicial supervision, treatment for dependence, and range of community support services. Goals: improve response time for incidents of spousal abuse (decrease court processing time); increasing conviction rates; providing focal point for programs and services for victims and offenders; allowing for specialization of cj personnel (police, crown prosecutors) Known by various names: superior court of justice, supreme court, court of. Inherent jurisdiction: they can hear cases in any area except those limited to another level of court. Try the most serious criminal and civil cases divorce cases and those involving large sums of money.
