PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Suspended Sentence, Robbery, 6 Years
12 Apr 2017
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Unit 8 lecture sentencing and parole. Managed at two different levels: federal and provincial/territorial governments. Department of justice (supreme court, judges, federal statutes, prosecutions) Department of public safety (rcmp, correctional service of canada, National parole board, canadian security intelligence services, canada. Is crime increasing or decreasing in canada: in essence, crime was going up from the 60s-early 90s, and dropped afterwards, crime has been going down since 1990 across the country. Those are administration of justice offences: the next most common offence is impaired driving, other offences are non-serious, non-violent offences. How many crimes are reported to police annually: on average, approximately, there are over 2 million reported incidents to police every year. How many result in incarceration: approximately 11% of all reported incidents actually end up being dealt with in the court system, 4% of those cases end with someone going to prison. Imposition of a legal sanction on persons convicted of an offence.
