PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Motor Vehicle Theft, Suspended Sentence, Sex And The Law
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Lecture #7: sentencing, parole, and psychology (the canadian system) The purpose and principles of sentencing in canada. Sentencing (on test: the judicial determination of a legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence. The judge decides some kind of punishment for someone convicted of an offence (the punishment for a crime) So this doesn t mean jail time, it just means punishment for a crime . Bill c-41 (1996) going to jail is the last time: most comprehensive reform of the law of sentencing in canadian history, created 718 of the criminal code of canada. Of sentencing is to contribute, along with crime prevention initiatives, to respect for the law and the maintenance of a just, peaceful, and safe society by imposing sanctions that have one or more of the following objectives: . To denounce unlawful conduct: we want to make sure that people know that they shouldn t do things, because it s bad.
