Criminal Law
What is the standard of proof required in a criminal trial?
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
This TV show follows the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit as they track serial killers across the U.S.
What is Criminal Minds?
This type of crime involves hacking, phishing, or identity theft.
What is cybercrime?
This is the most common sentence given to offenders in Canada.
What is probation?
What is the name of the Canadian law that governs how young offenders are treated?
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act?
This term refers to the mental state required to commit a crime.
What is mens rea?
This crime drama follows a high school chemistry teacher who turns to making and selling methamphetamine.
What is Breaking Bad?
White-collar crime typically involves what kind of offenses?
What are financial or corporate crimes?
What is the name of Canada's correctional agency responsible for federal prisons?
What is Correctional Service Canada (CSC)?
What is the maximum age for a person to be prosecuted under the YCJA?
What is 17 years old?
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects individuals from this type of unlawful police action.
What is unreasonable search and seizure?
This show follows a forensic blood spatter analyst who leads a secret life killing bad guys.
What is Dexter?
This form of violent crime involves a weapon being used to force a victim to give up property.
What is armed robbery?
This type of sentencing allows an offender to serve their sentence in the community instead of jail.
What is conditional sentencing?
The YCJA emphasizes these two key principles instead of harsh punishment.
What are rehabilitation and reintegration?
What legal defense is used when a person claims they were forced to commit a crime under threat of harm?
What is duress?
This show stars a powerful defense attorney who teaches her students about criminal law.
What is How to Get Away with Murder?
This type of homicide is planned and deliberate.
What is first-degree murder?
The death penalty was abolished in Canada in this year.
What is 1976?
This term refers to minor crimes often committed by young people, like vandalism or shoplifting.
What is juvenile delinquency?
This landmark case in Canada established the right to a lawyer upon arrest.
What is R v. Brydges?
This Netflix documentary series examines wrongful convictions and the flaws in the criminal justice system.
What is The Innocence Files?
Organized crime groups often engage in this illegal practice to make dirty money appear legal.
What is money laundering?
This Supreme Court decision emphasized that Indigenous offenders should receive special consideration in sentencing.
What is R v. Gladue?
In Canada, the maximum youth sentence for first-degree murder is how many years?
What is 10 years (including parole eligibility after 6 years)?