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Criminal Justice System in Canada

Criminal Justice System in Canada. What words or images come to mind when you think about Criminal Justice in Canada?. Social Control . All societies need some form of control over behaviour to keep people safe and ensure behaviour that is acceptable.

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Criminal Justice System in Canada

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  1. Criminal Justice System in Canada • What words or images come to mind when you think about Criminal Justice in Canada?

  2. Social Control • All societies need some form of control over behaviour to keep people safe and ensure behaviour that is acceptable. • When people break the rules the Criminal Justice System takes over.

  3. Canada’s System Do we have a Formal or Informal System? • _______________ Is this Institution Personal or Impersonal? • ________________ Is there a system of justice that might be considered Informal that you can name? • ____________________

  4. Informal Systems • Some societies have much more informal systems. • What sorts of societies might have informal systems? • __________________________________

  5. Criminal Justice System in Canada • Our criminal Justice System is one of the largest and most expensive Social Institutions in the country. • In what ways do you think the “CJS” reflects our society and culture in Canada? • ___________________________________

  6. Our system is largely focussed on crime and punishment, deterrents, adversarial system (people work against each other to “win” a case. • INFORMAL systems operate separately from formal systems and are concerned with reconciliation and restoring community relations

  7. Our Criminal Justice System has THREE Branches

  8. Retributive vs. Restorative Justice Our CJS is: • Retributive: Give punishment for a crime • Adversarial – Crown and Defense lawyers. • Winners and Losers Other Systems that are Restorative; • Focus on roots of a problem. • Restoring relationships • Healing the Victi, Perpetrater and community • Rehabilitation

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