You have been in KRCC for eight months of your sentence and you're doing great! You are allowed to go out into the community under supervision. This is an example of what?
What is probation?
100
The belief that if you kill someone, you should also be killed.
What is retribution?
100
Laws which are formally written down.
What are statute laws?
100
A woman is continually beaten by her uncle. She later smacks him with a crow bar causing mental retardation. A probable defense in this case would be this.
What is battered woman syndrome?
100
Law which affects all people.
What is public law?
200
The lowest court in B.C. which accounts for the individuals in KRCC.
What is provincial court?
200
Some prisoners in KRCC will make use of the program available to them and will eventually return to society as a better person. This is an example of what?
What is rehabilitation?
200
The type of government official responsible for transporting criminals between court and jail.
What are sheriffs?
200
If you commit a crime because you fear for your own safety, you are said to be under this.
What is duress or compulsion?
200
The police set up a situation in which a known offender will be enticed to perform a criminal act under surveillance.
What is entrapment?
300
Two sisters live together. The younger becomes more and more verbally abusive towards the older, until the older sister fears for her life and kills the other sister. What defense could be used at the trial?
What is provocation?
300
The superior court in B.C.
What is the Supreme Court of B.C.?
300
The name of the guard at KRCC.
What is Ms. Haggarty?
300
If you steal a band-aid box from a drugstore and are sentenced to community service in the same store, you would be fulfilling which principle of sentencing?
What is restitution?
300
A collection of peers used to determine the outcome of a trial.
What is a jury?
400
In a criminal trial, this many of the jury members must agree on the sentence.
What are 'all of them'?
400
In ancient times, two people could be pitted against one another in an attempt to prove one individual's innocence. It was believed that God would only help an innocent. What was the name of this sentence?
What is trial by combat?
400
The final judgement in court.
What is the verdict?
400
If the government wants to overlook an infraction due to your glowing character, they could insist a judge give you one of these.
What is a discharge?
400
A prisoner in KRCC has been asked to re-appear in court. They are said to have received one of these.
What is a remand?
500
Many of the prisoners return to KRCC for multiple sentences. This continued action is called this.
What is recidivism?
500
A man in medieval times is assumed to be a thief. He is ordered to pull a burning hot poker out of a fire. His wounds become infected. By what sentence would be guilty?
What is trial by ordeal?
500
If juvenile offenders are held in a provincial prison, such as KRCC, they will be held here.
What is separate from the population?
500
When everyday objects have been tampered with to house drugs, in an attempt to smuggle them into a prison, they are called this.