Criminal Justice Chapter 1 True or False

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The Criminal Code of Canada is the primary law of the land.

False Ref: 6

Summary conviction offences carry with them the most severe sentences.

False Ref: 9

The Canadian legal system is one of civil law.

False Ref: 9

Criminal law is one of several types of public law.

True Ref: 6

In Canada, civil cases require a much higher standard of proof than criminal cases.

False Ref: 10

The standard of proof to convict a person of wrongdoing is the same in criminal law and civil law cases.

False Ref: 10

The conflict model is a view that individuals commit crimes because they disagree with the values of dominant society.

False Ref: 11

Courts do not have the ability to alter the definitions of Charter rights.

False Ref: 6

The Charter does not extend to the rights of individuals convicted of or accused of committing crimes.

False Ref: 6

If a Canadian citizen is unfamiliar with a law they have violated, they can use this unfamiliarity as a criminal defence.

False Ref: 8

The concept of double jeopardy applies to civil cases that have already been tried criminally.

False Ref: 8, 10

There are only two categories of criminal offences in Canada: summary conviction offences and indictable offences.

False Ref: 9-10

All criminal justice system agencies and employees must consider the Charter rights of individuals when performing their jobs

True Ref: 6

In some cases, failure to act can be considered a violation of criminal law.

True Ref: 6

There are two categories of law: public law and private law.

True Ref: 6-7

In Canada laws cannot be applied retroactively.

True Ref: 8

One of the functions of criminal law is to reduce the risk of vigilante justice.

True Ref: 8

A unique feature of the common law is that it exists in past decisions of judges rather than being embodied in legal codes or legislation.

True Ref: 9

Common law is a system of law that is often unwritten.

True Ref: 9

The two critical ingredients of a crime are actus reus and mens rea.

True Ref: 9


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