SOC301H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kingston Penitentiary, Gross Negligence, Fundamental Justice
Document Summary
The town of kingston and its victim present numerous advantages: materials for building are abundant (limestone, convicts are employed to work in limestone. Brown commission (summary of charges against the warden: permitting irregular practices in the penitentiary, destructive of the discipline necessary in such an institution (favouritism, mismanagement or negligence reducing the penitentiary to a state of the most disorder. Convicts talk freely to one another, get tobacco frequently by stealth: gross neglect of his duties as warden. Rights and freedoms in canada (section 1: burden of proof and evidence, rights prescribed by law for every canadian citizens. Life, liberty and security of person (section 7: principles of fundamental justice, harm principle. Detention or imprisonment (section 9: routine checks violate this, but can be justified as a reasonable safety measure. Treatment or punishment (section 12: an indeterminate sentence may violate this, protects against cruel/unusual punishment.
