CRJS 3011 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 2: Indictable Offence, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Crown Attorney
19 Jan 2017
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Crimes are considered wrongs committed against society as a whole. We depend on the government to prevent crime and to provide a safe environment. Protect the public and to preserve peace is a primary aim of criminal law: safety and security. Duties carried out through police, courts and correction system. Contract law sets out rules that must be followed before an agreement between private parties will be enforced by the courts. Breach of rule is considered a civil wrong. Many civil wrongs are criminal wrongs: alex takes janes car without permission. Criminal offence of theft, civil offence of trespass to goods. In order for jane to seek civil remedy, she needs to sue (proceed against) Civil wrong is called a tort: torts can be intentional acts or omissions, but most common are based on negligence or carless conduct. Remedy is usually compensation for loss suffered. Little distinction between civil and criminal wrongs. Re(cid:448)e(cid:374)ge (cid:449)as sought out if pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455) ha(cid:396)(cid:373)ed.
