CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Small Cell, Community Sentence, Auburn System
30 Mar 2019
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Jury trials are ordered for more severe crimes (e. g. murder): procedures, governed by law, tradition, and judicial authority. Jury trial: limited to offences with maximum sentence of 5 years or more, usually at the request of the defendant but may be ordered by the judge. What are the sentencing options: fine, suspended sentence, probation, recent restorative justice options. Imprisonment: mediation, for example: shoplifting at the corner store; instead of going to court, there may be a police officer conference and do community service work at the store, community sentence, viewed as being lenient. Yukon (355), and manitoba (248): lowest incarceration rates were found in [federal system]: nova scotia (63), british. Columbia (66), newfoundland and labrador (66) and new brunswick (70): canada"s incarceration rate is higher than most western european countries but lower than the. Number of inmates per 100,000 population (2000: united states: 699.
