CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CANADA 8TH EDITION
FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ Court role.
Answer: Determine guilt, protect rights, ensure fair trials, and
interpret laws.
◉ Corrections role.
Answer: Carry out sentences, supervise offenders, provide
rehabilitation, and assist reintegration.
◉ Crime funnel.
Answer: Shows that the number of criminal cases decreases as they
move through the justice system.
◉ Why do cases filter out of the crime funnel?.
Answer: Police discretion, unsolved crimes, withdrawn charges, and
community-based sentences.
◉ Goals of the criminal justice system.
Answer: Prevent crime, protect the public, and hold offenders
accountable.
, ◉ Formal social control.
Answer: Behaviour controlled through laws enforced by the
government.
◉ Informal social control.
Answer: Behaviour controlled through family, friends, morals, and
community pressure.
◉ Crimes against a person.
Answer: Crimes causing or threatening physical harm (e.g.,
homicide, assault, sexual assault).
◉ Property crime.
Answer: Crimes involving theft or damage to property (e.g., theft,
break and enter, mischief).
◉ Crimes of the powerful.
Answer: Crimes committed by individuals or organizations in
positions of power for financial gain.
◉ White-collar crime.
FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ Court role.
Answer: Determine guilt, protect rights, ensure fair trials, and
interpret laws.
◉ Corrections role.
Answer: Carry out sentences, supervise offenders, provide
rehabilitation, and assist reintegration.
◉ Crime funnel.
Answer: Shows that the number of criminal cases decreases as they
move through the justice system.
◉ Why do cases filter out of the crime funnel?.
Answer: Police discretion, unsolved crimes, withdrawn charges, and
community-based sentences.
◉ Goals of the criminal justice system.
Answer: Prevent crime, protect the public, and hold offenders
accountable.
, ◉ Formal social control.
Answer: Behaviour controlled through laws enforced by the
government.
◉ Informal social control.
Answer: Behaviour controlled through family, friends, morals, and
community pressure.
◉ Crimes against a person.
Answer: Crimes causing or threatening physical harm (e.g.,
homicide, assault, sexual assault).
◉ Property crime.
Answer: Crimes involving theft or damage to property (e.g., theft,
break and enter, mischief).
◉ Crimes of the powerful.
Answer: Crimes committed by individuals or organizations in
positions of power for financial gain.
◉ White-collar crime.
