LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indictable Offence, Adversarial System, Voyeurism
9 Apr 2018
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Packer believed that incest and statutory rape were imaginary crimes that should be appealed. Due to time, trauma and difficulty of securing a conviction, criminal was used rarely in reference to young persons (few cases that dealt with abuse of children) Further amendments online: bill c-2 > proposed amendments to cc and canada"s evidence act with intention of protection children sexual exploitation, violence, abuse and changing rules in evidence to provide testimonial aids. In exceptional cases where young person committed an indictable offence and the aggravating circumstances of the offence where it would be impossible to order anything but custody. Add ability for judge to reprimand young person, can also direct young person to participate in intensive support and supervision order (closer monitoring than probation) Judge can order attendance order, judge has discretion to give young person deferred custody and supervision order (sentence served in community)
