CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drug Court, Small Claims Court, Juvenile Court
2 Mar 2017
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They are constantly changing in order to adapt to social change and values. They are deeply political the decisions the courts make are very contentions and political (if they are making the right decisions, stepping the jurisdictions, ect). This is where challenges were made to the law based on the charter. Lowest level of court: deal with minor criminal offences (ex fraud, low level theft) Family courts (divorce, custody, separation, child support) Small claims court (petty commercial disputes between two parties) Provincial courts are important because they deal with large issues. Ways to address issues that are responsible for going through the revolving doors (ex drug offenders, Some examples of courts to deal with alternative issues: Drug treatment courts: an effort to look at root causes of drug-related crimes, instead of charging people with the crime and potentially incarcerating people, it looks at treatments so they could get out of these cycles.
