PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Superior Court, Trial Division, Protective Factor
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Psyc39 - lecture 2 - introduction to origins of criminal behavior: developmental risk. In a province: have power to review the decisions of the provincial or lower courts, salaries set by the parliament, divided into trial and appeal lvl. Hears civil and criminal cases and has authority to grant divorces: appal lvl. Hears civil and criminal appeals from the superior trial court: may be arranged as two separate courts: the trial court (supreme. In certain criminal cases, the right to an appeal is assured. Developmental perspective: developmental pathway life course of all humans follows a path/trajectory, that may be littered with risk factors, not all criminal behaviour originates in childhood (aka. Adult onset criminality: causality - connection b/w two events or states such that one produces or brings about the other, where one"s the cause and the other"s the effect, single vs.
