Socials Chapter 11 Vocab Crossword
Across
- 2. the federal law about the youth criminal justice system
- 4. a criminal defendant's admission to the court that he or she committed the offense he or she is charged with and his or her agreement to waive the right to trial
- 6. deals with relationships between individuals or groups
- 8. the court outcome of a charge
- 9. a governing body that makes laws and can also amend or repeal them
- 13. the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not
- 15. the superior trial court for BC which hears both civil and criminal cases, as well as some appeals from the Provincial Court
- 16. the long-term confinement of convicted and sentenced offenders
- 19. law that states all people are treated equally by the same standards
- 20. rea the guilty mind
- 21. system of laws based on past decisions
- 22. rules made by government that forbid certain actions and are enforced by the courts
- 23. the federal legislature of Canada composed of the monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons
- 24. corpus the right to be brought before a court soon after arrest and released if the judge finds there is no legal charge
- 25. a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about or decide an important political or social question
Down
- 1. a process that helps prisoners change by addressing factors that led to them becoming criminals
- 3. focuses on rehabilitation and reconciliation instead of punishment
- 5. permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well
- 7. more serious cases handled by provincial supreme courts
- 10. less serious offenses handled by lower courts
- 11. the highest court in the judicial system of Canada
- 12. a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison
- 14. civil servants who are given some limited powers to hear and judge specific cases such as traffic offenses
- 17. deals with matters that affect society as a whole
- 18. first level of trial courts and hears criminal, criminal youth, family, child protection, small claims, and traffic cases