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

In which situation can a police officer in charge at the police station to which an accused is taken NOT use his or her discretion to release the suspect?

Which of the following is a goal of the crime control model of criminal justice?

To date,how many verdicts have been reached in cases involving a terrorism charge?

In Canada today,issues surrounding substantive justice are more common than issues surrounding procedural justice.

When an accused has the right to choose between trial by judge alone and trial by judge and jury,what does the charge involve?

Which of the following describes the goal of the criminal justice system that is focused on the response to crime?

Case attrition with respect to the funnel of our criminal justice system refers to who should and who should not continue to the next stage of the system.

Contextual discrimination refers to the effects or outcomes of discriminatory actions.

Which statement best describes the criminal justice funnel?

What are people most commonly referring to when they speak of the primary principle of the justice model?

After the police have collected enough evidence to implicate someone as an offender,what do they do in order to obtain an arrest warrant?

Discuss in detail what happens during the indictment and preliminary inquiry.

Compare and contrast the due process and the crime control models of the criminal justice system.

When a charge involves an election indictable offence,the accused has the right to choose between trial by judge alone and trial by judge and jury.

According to the social constructionist definition of crime,crime is that behaviour which violates social norms.

What population is needed for a city to form and maintain its own municipal police force?

Which of the following is responsible for making sure that justice is achieved and maintained?

According to Eckstein,most cases of euthanasia are reported in Canada.

Only the federal government is responsible for ensuring that criminal justice is a delivered in a fair and impartial manner.

The Criminal Code does not include a specific crime of euthanasia.