AHSS 1160 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Criminal Justice, Criminal Code
20 Nov 2018
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Crime and criminal justice in canada- chapter #1. What is crime: the result of laws created by changing views of what is acceptable behaviour in society or changes in the enforcement patterns of certain types of behaviours. What is criminal justice: process which the state responds that it deems unacceptable, criminal justice is delivered through a series of stages: charge, prosecution; trial; sentence; appeal; punishment, these processes and the agencies which carry them out. Substantive law: the content of the criminal law provides from the starting point . Justice serves as a way to enforce a system of rules and laws to protect the well- being of both individuals and communities. People who experience harm or suffer an injury at the hands of someone who has been charged with a criminal offence. When someone is convicted of a crime they enter into the correctional system, and here, too, they should receive justice.
