Key Terms
The Latin term for "guilty mind." It is the intent behind a criminal action.
Mens Rea
Murder (first, second or manslaughter)
Indictable
Court document requested by police and issued by a judge or a justice of the peace to search a specific location
Search warrant
The process of choosing a jury
Empanellment
Denouncing crime is one of the sentencing principles of Canada. True or False?
True
A legal process where the burden of proof shifts to the accused to prove they should be released, rather than the Crown proving the accused should be detained.
Reverse Onus
Driving without a licence
Quasi-criminal
Police must:
Identify himself/herself as a police officer
Inform the accused of the charge(s)
Cautions: right to counsel; right to remain silent
Physically touch the accused to signify custody (usually means putting the suspect in handcuffs)
This is part of...
Lawful arrest
When a judge gives the jury instructions before they go to deliberate the verdict.
Charging the jury
The type of sentence that says "go and sin no more."
Absolute discharge
Certain traits that are believed to be inherited may predispose criminality. Also looks at environmental factors that affect biology. Wha theory is this?
Biological Trait Theory
Public nudity
Summary
In certain situations, ordinary people are permitted by law to arrest others.
Citizen's arrest
Witness testimony is an example of this type of evidence.
Direct
The Section of the Criminal Code that outlines the principles and purposes of sentencing.
Section 718
People commit crimes when they see no legitimate way to achieve their goals. What theory is this?
Strain Theory?
Speeding
Quasi-Criminal
Facts of a case that will make your sentence LESS SEVERE.
Mitigating Factors
The formal decisions as to whether the accused is guilty or not guilty
Verdict
This is the group that supports wrongfully convicted individuals in Canada.
Officially clearing someone of blame for criminal charges.
Exoneration
Assault
Hybrid
The Section of the Charter that protects Canadians against unlawful search and seizure.
Section 8
Indirect evidence– doesn’t offer actual proof of the crime but of related circumstance.
Circumstantial evidence
Judicial determination of a legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence.
Sentencing