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Acts
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What is Bill C-2?
What is An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act. received Royal Assent on July 21, 2005.
100
Whose image of the child is referred to as a Tabula Rasa?
Who is Locke
100
What is the age of criminal responsibility in Canada?
What is 12
100
Kayla, sixteen years old, was arrested for possession of drugs. She said they were not hers but she was holding them for a friend. In her trial, she was not given the chance to speak and was found guilty. 6 months later, her friend comes to see Kayla in the juvenile detention center she is in to thank her for taking the fall. What is wrong with this case?
What is she was not given a chance to participate in court and share her story.
100
What is Article 12 of the UNCRC?
What is Respect for the views of the child: When adults are making decisions that affect children, children have the right to say what they think should happen and have their opinions taken into account.
200
What is The Child Witness Project?
What is the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, London, Ontario, provides court preparation services for children and youth under age 18.
200
What image of the child is portrayed in the courtroom when the child is a victim?
What is a Romantic/ Innocent Child
200
What age does the UNCRC recommend that children should be criminally responsible?
What is 14
200
Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. But do children have better access to justice as a result?
What is lawyers involved in children’s rights don’t think so — and they’re doing something about it. with few procedural rights in civil law and no advocates in family and other areas of law, children still lack a voice in the justice system. http://www.nationalmagazine.ca/Articles/Summer-2015/A-voice-for-the-voiceless-making-the-case-for-chil.aspx
200
Child witnesses must have special permission to use CCTV? True or False.
What is False
300
What is The Victim/Witness Assistance Program (V/WAP)
What is a court-based government service that provides comprehensive support services to victims and witnesses of violent crime in order to enhance their understanding of, and participation in, the criminal court process.
300
What is the image some would say Joshua portrays in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4O73xtJrWE
What is Evil
300
Children under 14 make an "oath". True or False.
What is False
300
Tammy is a 4-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her Uncle. While her Mother is making her dinner Tammy reveals in detail her experience of abuse. How can Tammy’s voice be heard in court?
What is her mother is able to testify on her behalf through “hear say” evidence. Her mother did not prompt her. The description she gave is thought to be beyond a 4-year-old’s mental capacity.
300
Which Article of the UNCRC states that children have the right to privacy?
What is Article 16
400
What is the Young Offenders Act?
What is a federal statute that was replaced by the Youth Criminal Justice Act in 2003.
400
What image of the child allows children to be involved, informed, consulted and heard.
What is co-participant
400
At what age is a child presumed capable to testify in court?
What is all children under the age of 14 are presumed competent as long as they understand.
400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM_sP1mZBCY What stands out most about this video regarding the child's voice?
What is the child isn't given a chance to participate. The child doesn't have a voice at all.
400
Explain the role of a support person.
What is a person is a testimonial aid who is allowed to stand and sit beside the child in court ((S.486.1) (Bill C-2))
500
How does the Ministry of Attorney General define the child?
What is for most legal purposes, a person under 18 years of age or, in some instances, a person under 16 years of age. A young person without the legal rights and responsibilities of an adult.
500
He brutally attacked his own father, stabbing him repeatedly with a knife, and pled guilty to charges of attempted murder in juvenile court in order to avoid being tried as an adult. Some observers questioned whether Shawn's sentence from the juvenile court judge was too lenient, and whether it showed that the system treats white offenders differently than those of other races. What image of the child could be portrayed in this case?
What is the minority child due to his race.
500
When are adult sentences used for youth?
What is Murder, Attempted Murder, Manslaughter, Aggravated Sexual Assault
500
Joe is a 16-year-old victim of assault, he is too traumatized to testify in court. How can Joe's voice be heard?
What is According to Bill-C2, Joe is able to testify from a remote location under special measure Section 714.1
500
Explain what CCTV-section 486.2 entails.
What is Separate room to testify, Camera & Microphone, Camera on judge
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