Test Bank For Criminal Justice in Canada, Eighth Edition by Colin H. Goff (ALL CHAPTERS COVERED)

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Assisted suicide is the act or practice of causing or hastening the death of a person who suffers from an
incurable or terminal disease or condition.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

2. Case attrition with respect to the funnel of our criminal justice system refers to who should and who should
not continue to the next stage of the system.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

3. In Canada, the law allows the police to hold an individual for an undetermined reason.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

4. In its study of the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system in Manitoba, the
Aboriginal Justice Inquiry found evidence of systemic discrimination across the province.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

5. Ruth’s and Reitz’s Unified Goals of the Criminal Justice System include the idea that criminal justice should be
used only if the behaviour in question is severe enough to be condemned as criminal.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

6. When a police officer discriminates against members of a certain social class by arresting them in all
circumstances while only giving warnings to all others, it is an example of individual discrimination.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False



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7. According to Eckstein, most cases of euthanasia are reported in Canada.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

8. Currently there are five provincial police services in Canada.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

9. Substantive justice is concerned with the appropriateness of a case.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

10. The Canadian Human Rights Commission has noted that transgender persons typically face high levels of
discrimination.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

11. In June 2016, the Medical Assistance in Dying law was passed.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

12. Neutrality occurs when decision makers do not allow the personal characteristics of individuals to influence
decisions and treatment during the process.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

13. Each stage of the criminal justice funnel shows an increase in numbers of people being processed.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False


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14. The Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) is an automated national computer system used by all
Canadian police services.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

15. According to Sutherland, the essential characteristic of crime is that it is “behaviour which is prohibited by
the State as an injury to the state.”
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

16. Our criminal justice system was developed by the state due to alleged and actual violations of
criminal law.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

17. Criminal law is not static, because as social attitudes change, definitions of crime are constantly refashioned
in response.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

18. Both discrimination and disparity can be permitted under exceptional conditions in our criminal justice
system.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

19. Only the federal government is responsible for ensuring that criminal justice is a delivered in a fair
and impartial manner.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False




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20. One of the benefits of the adversarial system is that the legitimacy of the criminal justice system is promoted
through the appearance of fairness operating throughout the criminal justice system.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

21. It was not until 2016 that the federal Liberal government introduced Bill C-16 to give protections to
transgender Canadians.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

22. According to the bureaucratic model, prosecuting the majority of cases is more cost effective than guilty
pleas.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

23. A key aspect of Bill C-16 was that it proposed to amend the Criminal Code to include both “gender identity”
and “gender expression” as grounds for hate crimes.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

24. Both discrimination and disparity can be permitted under exceptional conditions in our criminal justice
system.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False

25. In a 2011 national survey of Canadian transgender high school students, 37 percent of respondents reported
that they had experienced physical assault.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False




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