Exam 1: An Overview of the Criminal Justice System in Canada

According to the text, what percentage of Quebec College of Physicians surveyed favoured euthanasia as long as it occurred within clear legal guidelines?

What does the crime control model believe is the purpose of the criminal justice system?

Which of the following is NOT a main purpose for arresting someone?

According to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the role of a special advocate is to protect the interests of those persons subject to which of the following?

An increase in the number of charges or increase to the sentence is usually seen when an accused pleads guilty.

A prosecutor and a defence lawyer were in attendance at court. They had worked with each other and with the various other courtroom personnel over many different cases. In fact, professional bonds had formed among many of the personnel. What is the term that describes this cohesive group of people?

The RCMP is NOT charged with which duties?

Which three major agencies comprise the Canadian criminal justice system?

How many of the 70 robbers Desroches interviewed pleaded guilty in provincial court?

Ruth and Reitz (2003) prefer to ignore differentiating between separate models and instead offer a unified set of goals they believe should be shared among all major agencies operating within the criminal justice system.

Substantive justice is concerned with the appropriateness of a case.

Which type of discrimination is mainly concerned with system outcomes or results?

Which statement best describes a criticism of Bill C-51, which was tabled in the fall of 2014 following the deaths of two soldiers and the attack on Parliament Hill?

Ruth's and Reitz's Unified Goals of the Criminal Justice System include the idea that fear can lead to a society that is "divided, distrustful, and distracted."

John has committed a criminal offence and has been charged by the police. John is on welfare and cannot afford legal counsel on his own. In Canada, ensuring that everyone can access justice is part of which type of approach to criminal justice?

Researchers studying the criminal court processing of all individuals charged with a criminal offence discover that members of certain racial minority groups are treated differently once they enter their plea in court. What type of discrimination have the researchers discovered?

When a police service fails to enforce a certain law, it is an example of contextual discrimination.

Citizens living in a small town in southern Ontario have noticed quite an increase in drug use among teenagers. They approach their local leaders to express their collective desire for the police to "get tough on crime" and their view that the criminal justice system is "weak on criminals." This situation is an example of which model of the criminal justice system?

Both discrimination and disparity can be permitted under exceptional conditions in our criminal justice system.

Which of the following ensures that the accused appears at her trial while permitting her to participate in the development of her defence?