SOC346H5 Lecture Notes - Shoplifting, Superior Court, Common Assault
Document Summary
Soc346: special topics in crime and law- sentencing in canada. Current issues in sentencing processes in canada. Focusing on canadian context with some international evidence. Sentencing most visible part of criminal justice system and also the most controversial; level of punishment someone is subjected to after they have been convicted. Judges expected to balance competing elements and philosophical purposes; aggravating and mitigating factors that are considered when deciding on a sentence: still take into account the criminal code. Sentencing relatively unpredictable due to the number of factors that are taken into account. How much work do our lower courts do? (considered work courts of cjs- process all criminal cases) Difference between charges and case: charges- each individual criminal offence of a person (each individual allegation, case- i. e. body- one person that has a collection of charges. **these are the types of offences that are clogging up our system and using our tax dollars.
