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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 • 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. • When people break the rules the Criminal Justice System takes over.
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? • ____________________
Informal Systems • Some societies have much more informal systems. • What sorts of societies might have informal systems? • __________________________________
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? • ___________________________________
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
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