SOC 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Public Law, General Social Survey, Summary Offence
1 Jun 2018
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CHAPTER 1
• Alternative measures programs
o Programs that divert minor offenders from the formal justice system
o Require individual to participate in community service work, make restitution to victims,
attend counselling, or make an apology to the victims
o Funded by provincial or territorial governments
• Antisocial behaviour
o Street problems
o Nuisance neighbours
o Environmental conditions
o Most do not pose a risk to public
o Can be disruptive and reduce our quality of life, but might not be considered a criminal
act
• Assembly-line justice
o Rapid and routine processing of cases with the lowest use of resources
o Most are guilty
• Community mobilization
o Efforts of police and community organizations to respond to unmet needs of at-risk
individuals and families
• Contract policing
o Police services (RCMP, OPP) provide policing to a municipality under a contract
• Correctional centres
o Hold offenders sentenced in terms of incarceration for 2 years of less
o Hold offenders waiting for court dates
• Crime prevention through environmental design
o Making spaces less attractive to offenders
• Crime prevention through social development
o Attakig the soial root auses of rie
▪ Poverty, poor housing, unemployment, failure in school
• Criminal code of Canada
o Federal statute listing criminal offences and punishments defined by parliament
• Dangerous offenders
o People who courts deem to be a threat to the life, safety, or physical or mental well-
bring of the public
o Only released once they demonstrate they can safely reintegrate into the community
o Imprisoned on indeterminate sentence
• Day parole
o Release for federal offenders who live in a community based facility and usually work,
attend school, or participate in treatment during the day
• Detention centres
o Larger facilities
o Serve several countries
o Hold offenders sentenced short term
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