CRIM 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Conditional Sentence, Problem Solving, Risk Assessment
12 Dec 2017
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Crown counsel are involved n the justice system: concerns that the diversion programs are coercive and punitive. Available only for provincial/territorial offenders (except federal offenders who received sentences of exactly two years) May be used in conjunction with a period of confinement in a provincial/territorial institution (following a sentence of exactly two years in a federal correctional facility) Requires offender to abide by general conditions (abide the law, keep the peace,) and specific conditions tailored to offenders risk factors (alcohol, drugs) Available to federal and provincial and territorial offenders. Continues until warrant expiry date (end of sentence) Form of conditional release from confinement in a provincial, territorial, or federal correctional facility. Requires offender to abide by general and perhaps also specific conditions designed to reduce risk factors (no contact provisions) Breach of condition can be a charge under the criminal code that needs evidence for conviction of breach of probation. Can be incarcerated again if they breach conditions.
