CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Drug Court, Suspended Sentence, Occupational Stress
23 Jul 2019
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Net widening: a potential, unanticipated consequence of diversion programs in which persons who would otherwise have been released outright by the police or not charged by crown counsel are involved in the justice system. Coercion: people are coerced into programs instead of voluntarily choosing them (plea bargaining) Section 731: provides that in cases in which no minimum penalty is prescribed, the sentencing judge may place the offender on probation for a period of up to three years. Designed as an alternative to custody, although may be used in conjunction with a period of incarceration in a provincial or territorial jail. Can be imposed for any type of offence. Used for offenders receiving a sentence of less than two years. Designed for offenders who would be custody-bound but allows offenders to serve period of custody in the community, generally und house arrest.
