Chapter 7 Learning Objective

In this chapter, the student should be able to:

• Explain court operations.
• Recognize that justice is administered differently in courts across Canada.
• Differentiate between the key players in the court.
• Explain how the role of victims in the criminal justice system has changed.
• State some of the limitations of traditional courts.
• State the benefits and problems of specialized courts.
• Differentiate between the four levels of criminal courts in Canada.
• Differentiate between big city courts and rural courts.
• Understand that jury representativeness is problematic.