Social 9 - Ch 2 Vocabulary

help in the community performed as part of a sentence, such as assisting with community clean-up or at a food bank

• Community Service

• Criminal Code of Canada

• Criminal Record

• Defense

This law defines the consequences adults face for criminal offences.

• Community Service

• Criminal Code of Canada

• Criminal Record

• Defense

a permanent record of breaking the law, which is public information. This record can bar you from some jobs, volunteer positions and travel to other countries

• Fair and Equitable

• Elizabeth Fry Society

• Criminal Record

• Defense

a citizen-led organization involved in trying to solve the underlying reasons for crime. This society focuses on justice issues for women and girls

• Prosecution

• Elizabeth Fry Society

• John Howard Society

• Defense

a citizen-led organization involved in trying to solve the underlying reasons for crime. This society works with men, women, boys and girls in trouble with the law

• Prosecution

• Elizabeth Fry Society

• John Howard Society

• Defense

governed by rules that apply to everyone, taking into account individual needs and circumstances

• Prosecution

• Fair and Equitable

• Jury

• Defense

Evidence that supports the innocence of a person accused of a crime.

• Prosecution

• Fair and Equitable

• Jury

• Defense

a group of 12 Canadian adults who will agree to a verdict in an assigned court case

• Prosecution

• Fair and Equitable

• Jury

• Defense

Evidence that supports the guilt of an accused person

• Prosecution

• Fair and Equitable

• Jury

• Defense

the institutions and procedures for applying laws in a society

• Legislation

• Fair and Equitable

• Jury

• Justice System