Canadian Criminal Justice System
Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Canadian criminal justice system, examining its structure, processes, and key institutions, including the police, courts, and correctional services. Students will explore the foundational principles of Canadian criminal law, legal rights, and due process, as well as the roles played by various justice professionals. The course addresses contemporary issues such as Indigenous perspectives, restorative justice, and ongoing challenges like over-representation of minorities and criminal justice reform. Through case studies and critical analysis, students gain insight into how Canadian society responds to crime and the evolving nature of justice in Canada.
Recommended Textbook Criminal Justice in Canada 7th Edition by Colin Goff
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Chapter 1: An Overview of the Criminal Justice System in Canada
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Q1) Which term commonly refers to how a society organizes its reaction to problematic behaviour?
A)social control
B)civil law
C)criminal behaviour
D)criminal law
Answer: A
Q2) Bill is charged with second degree murder.What court will hear his case?
A)provincial
B)superior
C)administrative
D)appeal
Answer: B
Q3) To date,how many verdicts have been reached in cases involving a terrorism charge?
A)3 verdicts
B)4 verdicts
C)5 verdicts
D)6 verdicts
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in Canada
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Q1) Which of the following refers to the duty imposed upon the prosecution to give to the defence all the evidence it will use in the trial?
A)disclosure
B)detention
C)equality
D)the right to make full answer and defence
Answer: A
Q2) Which type of criminal offence does not require the prosecution to prove through an independent investigation the state of the defendant's mind at the time of the offence?
A)specific intent
B)administrative
C)general intent
D)habeas corpus
Answer: C
Q3) The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is not concerned with the activities of the courts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Control Philosophy and Criminal Justice Policy
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Q1) Discuss the use of restorative justice with incidences of family violence.Highlight the positive and negative aspects for both the offender and victim.
Answer: Answers may vary.
Q2) During a program based on restorative justice,offenders and victims can seek legal advice,but they cannot withdraw from the program.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What is the conclusion from the textbook's comparison of "active" dangerous offenders and long-term-supervision offenders?
A)there are more active dangerous offenders than long-term-supervision offenders
B)there are more long-term-supervision offenders than active dangerous offenders
C)the numbers are equal between active dangerous offenders and long-term-supervision offenders
D)active dangerous offenders and long-term-supervision offenders cannot be compared because they are the same thing
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Crime Rates, Crime Trends, and Criminal
Victimization in Canada
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Q1) According to the 2009 General Social Survey,which type of violent crime were victims most likely to report to the police?
A)robberies
B)physical assaults
C)sexual assaults
D)attempted murders
Q2) What does the police-reported Crime Severity Index account for?
A)low-volume,more-serious offences
B)low-volume,less-serious offences
C)high-volume,more-serious offences
D)high-volume,less-serious offences
Q3) The marital status of individuals influenced their rate of violent victimization according to the 2009 GSS.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following types of property crime did NOT see an increase in 2014?
A)identity fraud
B)fraud
C)theft of a motor vehicle
D)possession of stolen goods
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Chapter 5: The Context of Policing
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Q1) Discuss the different scenarios regarding when DNA profiles and samples are no longer retained.Highlight both the advantages and disadvantages of these situations.
Q2) Hunt (1990)reports that policemen and policewomen have similar attitudes toward their job satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most of the research on the police culture has found that it is used as a coping mechanism,enabling the police to insulate themselves from the stresses and hazards of policing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a component of human smuggling?
A)persons are free to leave
B)it involves forced labour
C)individuals are subjected to limited freedom
D)it need not involve the actual movement of an individual
Q5) What type of organization do most police forces ascribe to? Explain the characteristics of this model.
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Chapter 6: The Practice of Policing
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Q1) Reactive policing is also known as incident-based policing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following groups does NOT experience formless fear as much as the other three groups?
A)the elderly
B)the marginally employed
C)low-income persons
D)single women
Q3) When zero tolerance policing was implemented,what was the increase of "stop,question,and frisk" incidents starting in the early 1990s?
A)from 40,000 to nearly 600,000 annually
B)from 50,000 to nearly 700,000 annually
C)from 60,000 to nearly 800,000 annually
D)from 70,000 to nearly 900,000 annually
Q4) The problem-oriented policing style attempts to study the underlying causes of crime and looks at modifying or eliminating the causes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Police and the Law
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Q1) The impact of the Feeney decision that requires the police to gain prior authorization to enter the private dwelling of an individual to search and collect evidence took effect immediately after the Supreme Court's decision.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the term used to describe actions that are inconsistent with the police officer's legal authority?
A)police misconduct
B)police discretion
C)police authority
D)police control
Q3) Police officers have the right to seize an item not mentioned on a warrant if an officer believes on reasonable grounds that the item in question has been used in the commission of an offence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) By 2009,Ontario had ended the use of jailhouse informants.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Pretrial Criminal Procedure
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Q1) In Canada the decision to elect a jury trial is made by both the Crown prosecutor and defendant.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the judicare model of legal aid also known as?
A)the staff system
B)the duty counsel system
C)the public defender model
D)the self-help model
Q3) During the jury selection process,under which of the following must a reason be given for and a determination made about the validity of a challenge?
A)peremptory challenge
B)challenge for validity
C)prosecutor challenge
D)challenge for cause
Q4) There are preliminary hearings for both summary and indictable offences.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Timeline the history and highlight the importance of a bail hearing.
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Chapter 9: The Courts and Criminal Trial Procedure
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Q1) A judge is an officer of the government who is in charge of a court of law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a selected power of Crown prosecutors listed in the textbook?
A)detaining the accused in custody
B)negotiating pleas
C)cross-examining defence witnesses
D)electing to proceed by way of summarily or by indictment
Q3) What can an individual appeal after having been found guilty of an indictable offence?
A)the length of the sentence
B)whether a jury determined guilt or innocence
C)whether the defence lawyer provided an inadequate defence
D)whether the trial evidence was found to be tainted
Q4) Leave of appeal cases are picked because they involve legal issues of general importance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and explain who and how appeals work in Canada's criminal justice system.
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Chapter 10: Sentences and Dispositions
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Q1) What type of deterrence involves punishing offenders in the hope that they are deterred from committing crimes in the future?
A)symbolic
B)general
C)specific
D)marginal
Q2) In what year were mandatory minimum sentences first introduced into the Criminal Code?
A)1892
B)1926
C)1976
D)1995
Q3) What type of deterrence involves a sentence that is severe enough to stop other people from committing crimes?
A)individual
B)special
C)general
D)specific
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Chapter 11: Offenders Supervised in the Community
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Q1) Which sentence would prompt the use of home confinement and electronic monitoring? Describe their characteristics and the results of evaluations conducted upon their effectiveness.
Q2) What was the most common offence in the category of crimes against the person receiving the sentence of probation during 2011-12?
A)stalking
B)assault with a weapon
C)kidnapping
D)uttering threats
Q3) Common assault is the only crime in Canada to have a median period of probation for two years or more.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In which of the following is a probation order imposed with another punishment?
A)dual sentence
B)split sentence
C)multiple sentence
D)divided sentence
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Chapter 12: Corrections in Canada
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Q1) Which of the following is a behavioural dimension necessary for the effective supervision and control of inmates?
A)inmates are directly and constantly supervised
B)inmate requests are responded to
C)inmates are advised about the rules of the facility
D)rewards and punishments are structured to ensure compliant behaviour
Q2) What supervision models are associated with "new-generation" correctional facilities?
A)indirect
B)general
C)specific
D)direct
Q3) In 2010-11,what percentage of adults in the provincial/territorial correctional system were Aboriginal?
A)15 percent
B)22 percent
C)27 percent
D)31 percent
Q4) What are the key components of a total institution? How does the inmate society fit into this?
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Chapter 13: Community Reintegration
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Q1) Which theory underlies the Offender Intake Assessment?
A)the theory of offender behaviour
B)the theory of risk assessment
C)the theory of needs
D)the theory of best results
Q2) Which offence is found under Schedule II in the Corrections and Conditional Release Act?
A)drug offences
B)sexual offences
C)murder
D)assault offences
Q3) Conditional release programs were implemented as a result of dissatisfaction with the role of prisons.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During the Offender Intake Assessment criminal risk assessments as well as the identification of the offender's case needs are developed by parole officers.
A)True
B)False
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