Socials Chapter 11 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the federal law about the youth criminal justice system
  2. 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
  3. 6. deals with relationships between individuals or groups
  4. 8. the court outcome of a charge
  5. 9. a governing body that makes laws and can also amend or repeal them
  6. 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
  7. 15. the superior trial court for BC which hears both civil and criminal cases, as well as some appeals from the Provincial Court
  8. 16. the long-term confinement of convicted and sentenced offenders
  9. 19. law that states all people are treated equally by the same standards
  10. 20. rea the guilty mind
  11. 21. system of laws based on past decisions
  12. 22. rules made by government that forbid certain actions and are enforced by the courts
  13. 23. the federal legislature of Canada composed of the monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons
  14. 24. corpus the right to be brought before a court soon after arrest and released if the judge finds there is no legal charge
  15. 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. 1. a process that helps prisoners change by addressing factors that led to them becoming criminals
  2. 3. focuses on rehabilitation and reconciliation instead of punishment
  3. 5. permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well
  4. 7. more serious cases handled by provincial supreme courts
  5. 10. less serious offenses handled by lower courts
  6. 11. the highest court in the judicial system of Canada
  7. 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
  8. 14. civil servants who are given some limited powers to hear and judge specific cases such as traffic offenses
  9. 17. deals with matters that affect society as a whole
  10. 18. first level of trial courts and hears criminal, criminal youth, family, child protection, small claims, and traffic cases