POLS 2200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Substantive Law, Procedural Law, Regulatory Offence

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2200
• Professor: Khashayar Hooshiyar

Document Summary

A regulatory offence is a class of crime in which the standard for proving culpability has been lowered so a mens rea (guilty mind) element is not required. Such offences are used to deter potential offenders from dangerous behaviour rather than to impose punishment for moral wrongdoing. Regulatory offenses are also called statutory offenses and often impose strict liability upon defendants for their violation. Indictable offences ; an offence for which a grand jury rules that there is enough evidence to charge defendant with a felony; a crime punishable by a term in the state penitentiary in canada. Indictable offences are more serious offences that cannot be heard in the absence of the defendant (the person accused of the crime). These offences are usually heard in the lower courts for a committal hearing. The offence may then be committed for trial before a judge in a higher court such as the supreme court.