Module 2: Criminal Law

Lesson 2.1A: Definitions, Jurisdiction, and Purposes

Crime Theories
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/social/law30/unit02/02_06_sh.html

Criminal Law
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002022

Lesson 2.1B: Types of Criminal Offences

A Crime Victim’s Guide to the Criminal Justice System
Scroll part way down the page to where it says Categories of Criminal Offences then read.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/voc/guide/sec_h.html

Summary Conviction or Indictable?
http://www.defencelaw.com/classification.html

Lesson 2.1C: The Criminal Court System

Courts of British Columbia
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/

The Canadian Judicial System
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/AboutCourt/system/index_e.asp

Canada’s Court System
Select How the Courts are Organized.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/trib/

Lesson 2.1E: Parties to an Offence

Parties to an Offence
http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec21.html

Lesson 2.2A: Introduction to the Criminal Code of Canada

The Criminal Code of Canada
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/

Lesson 2.2B: Violent Crimes

Homicides in Canada – 2003
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/legal12a-eng.htm

Sexual Assault: Dispelling the Myths
http://www.sexualassaultsupport.ca/page-535956

Lesson 2.2C: Lessons with High Social Impact

CBC News In Depth: Child Pornography
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/childporn/

Abortion in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Canada

Euthanasia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia

CBC News In-Depth: Robert Latimer
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/latimer/

Assisted Suicide: Sue Rodriguez
Select: Who owns my life?
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/rights-freedoms/sue-rodriguez

Rodriguez chooses suicide
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/rights-freedoms/rodriguez-chooses-suicide.html

Lesson 2.2D: Property Crimes

Property Crime in Canada and the United States
http://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/LondonTower2003/Fig15-CDNcrimes.xls.pdf

Lesson 2.2E: Crimes Related to Driving

Impaired Driving
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/voc/imp_driv.html

Blood Alcohol Limits: Canada and the World
http://www.safety-council.org/info/traffic/impaired/BAC-update-06.html

Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.ca/

Driven to Distraction
http://www.caa.ca/driventodistraction/what/distracted.html

Driving Offences
http://www.defencelaw.com/penalty-driving.html

Lesson 2.2F: The Youth Justice System

Statistics on Youth Crime in Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-005-x/2012001/article/11749-eng.htm

Youth Justice Initiatives in Canada
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/yji-ijj.html Justice BC--Youth Justice Section
http://www.justicebc.ca/en/cjis/youth/

Lesson 2.3A: Powers of Arrest and Arrest Procedures

Procedures Used to Compel Appearance in Court
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/research/carrington-schulenberg/descriptive/procedures.html

Lesson 2.3B: Legal Rights of the Accused and Police

Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Legal Rights
http://www.cba.org/BC/public_media/rights/200.aspx

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/index.html#juridiques

Lesson 2.3C: Search Laws

Search and Seizure
http://www.brooksandmarshall.com/search.html

Lesson 2.3D: Release Procedures

Bail in BC
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/criminal/info/bailinbc.htm

Bail and Release from Custody
http://www.criminal-lawyer.on.ca/printversion-bail-1.html

Justice Process—Bail
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/justiceProcess/bail.asp?

Department of Justice, Canada
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/research/carrington-schulenberg/descriptive/procedures.html

Lesson 2.3E: Awaiting Trial

Plea Bargaining
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/justiceProcess/pleaBargain.asp?langswitch
http://www.victimsofviolence.on.ca/research327.html
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/inter/toc.html

Preliminary Hearing
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/justiceProcess/preHearing.asp

Lesson 2.4B: Juries and Jury Selection

Jury Duty: Our Justice System Depends On It
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/general/jury_duty_english.htm

The BC Jury Act
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/J/96242_01.htm

Lesson 2.4C: Presentation of Evidence

Canada’s System of Justice—Criminal Justice
Scroll down to How do criminal cases proceed? to learn more.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/just/08.html

Lesson 2.4E: Reaching a Verdict

Justice Process—Judgment
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/justiceProcess/judgment.asp

Lesson 2.5A: Sentencing Procedures and Purposes

Court Preparation: Justice Process - Sentencing
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/justiceProcess/sentencing.asp?

Fact Sheet on Sentencing
http://www.lawcourtsed.ca/documents/Programs/CF-Fact_Sheet.pdf

Lesson 2.5B: Types of Sentences

Court Preparation:  Justice Process - Sentencing
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/

Centre for Restorative Justice (SFU)
http://www.sfu.ca/crj/

Lesson 2.5C: Victims’ Rights

BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Victim Services
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/victim_services/index.htm

Policy Centre for Victim Issues
http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/voc/

Victim’s Rights and Advocacy Articles
http://www.vaonline.org/doc_vrights.html

Lesson 2.5D: Appeals 

BC Courthouse Library Society – Court of Appeal Rules
http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=2652

Lesson 2.5E: Corrections

CBC News In-Depth Coverage—Getting Out of Prison
FAQs about releasing offenders
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/crime/

Corrections – BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/corrections/index.htm

Correctional Service of Canada
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/