CRIME, JUSTICE AND SOCIETY, V 1 - FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF A NEW SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME

• NCJ Number: 16503
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 93 pages
• Corporate Author: Cmssn of Enquiry Into the Admin of Justice on Criminal and Penal Matters in Quebec
• Sale Source: Roch Lefebvre; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

PROPOSES A STRATEGY AND PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES OF EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN LAW, AND RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.

Abstract

ARBITRARY POLICE DECISIONS, PUNITIVE PRIORITES, DIVERGENCE BETWEEN LAW AND PREVALENT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, CONFUSION OF FUNCTIONS AND NEGLECT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE SEEN AS THE EXISTING PATTERNS THAT SIGNAL A NEED FOR REFORM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF QUEBEC. IN REFORM OBJECTIVES ATTENTION IS FIVEN TO THE DISPARITY OF TREATMENT BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF SENTENCES, THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPRISONMENT, THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY BEFORE THE VERDICT OR ESTABLISHMENT OF GUILT, AND THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE TREATMENT ARE AREAS OF CONCERN IN IMPLEMENTING RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. FULL JURISDICTION OF EACH PROVINCE OVER ITS OWN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS RECOMMENDED AS BASIC TO A STRATEGY FOR REFORM. UPGRADING OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE AND THE SOLICITATION OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR REFORM ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY RECOMMENDED. THE RESPECT OF RIGHTS, INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW, POLICE COORDINATION, MASS DEMONSTRATIONS, THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND THE MAGISTRATURE, AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC ARE AREAS DISCUSSED UNDER THE PLAN OF REFORM. FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-17061 AND 15945 THROUGH 15947.