CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Municipal Police, Mental Health Court
17 Oct 2017
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Levels of force intervention: presence, dialogue, empty hands, compliance tools -taser, bong, pepper spray. Police discretion: discretion, essential cannot react the same way in situation, typifications, recipes for action. >reactions: offence seriousness, priorities, law, policy -government priority, visibility public. Police misconduct: 4 main categories, violation of departmental regulations or standards of conduct, abuse of power/authority, undermining the administration of justice how loose trust from public, commission of a criminal offence. Police accountability: political, to governments/federally for rcmp municipal police react to municipal government. Legal: e. g. , police act, administrative agencies, e. g. , police boards -ex-police officer post and manage it, criticism -> rely heavily on the input of officers/agencies, public. Criminal courts: responsibilities, determination of guilt/innocence of accused people. Imposition of appropriate sentence who are convicted: protection of rights of accused. > often involve monitoring the activities of police and corrections system. Impartiality, fairness: no political interference, frequent cases. Impaired driving: common assault, theft, top offences heard in court - figure 7. 2.
