Sociology 2253A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Arrest Warrant, Risk Aversion, Extortion

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2253A/B
• Professor: Laura Huey

Document Summary

Crown attorneys are lawyers who represent the crown in court and who are responsible for prosecuting criminal cases. The responsibility for prosecuting cases is shared between the provinces and the federal government, with provincially appointed crown attorneys prosecuting. Criminal code offenses and federally appointed crown attorneys prosecuting persons charged with violating other federal statutes, such as the controlled. The crown counsels sometimes process up to 50 cases a day and work 90 hours a week. Police are usually responsible for laying an information, which is then ratified or rejected by the crown. An information is a document that briefly outlines an allegation that a person has contravened a criminal law in a certain location during a specified period. The information may be laid either after the suspect has been informed (arrest without warrant or with the use of an appearance notice) or before.