CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homicide, Preliminary Hearing, Mental Health Court
23 Jul 2019
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The structure and operation of the criminal courts. Criminal courts (canada does not have a uniform court system: responsibilities. Protect the rights of the accused: monitoring the activities of the various agents of the criminal justice system (police and systems of corrections) Should not be considered an arm of government. Provincial and territorial circuit courts: travelling court. Temporary, service extremely regional areas: problems. Language and cultural barriers: difficulties sentencing. Balance between culturally/community-relevant approaches and the rights and protection of victims. Provincial and territorial (lower) courts: where nearly all cases begin and end, administered by provinces and territories. Judges are appointed by province/territory: hear cases involving federal and provincial laws, have jurisdiction over most criminal offences, traffic violations, and provincial offences. Provincial and territorial superior courts (trial and appeal) Judges are federally appointed: administered by provinces, hear the most serious cases, court of first appeal for lower courts, may have juries or other judges.
