Criminal Justice Chapter 1 True or False
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