Hybrid Criminal Offenses

1749 Words4 Pages

Introduction to Canadian Criminal Justice
Student Name
Institutional Affiliation Introduction to Canadian Criminal Justice
In criminal justice, the offender is sentenced according to such as the magnitude of the crime committed, the harm caused, offender’s age, and type of the offense. Hybrid criminal offenses are crimes for the prosecutor has the alternatives of charging the victim through indictment or summary conviction (Nicol & Valiquet, 2013). Through indictment, the prosecutor goes serious about the crime in question and develops a severe punishment. On the other hand, the prosecutor may find the offense less serious and advocate for light sentencing. Either way, sentencing aim to achieve rehabilitation, deterrence, denunciation or segregation. If the sentencing practices do not fall into this category, then it is not worth the purpose. The paper describes the Canadian ways of sentencing hybrid criminal offenses taking into account the past and present life of the offender.
The Hybrid Criminal Offense
A crime such as the operation of an impaired vehicle, aircraft, or other vessels constitutes a hybrid criminal offense since it has the dual character of being either indictable or convicted by the crown. In the above case, the prosecutor has only two options in charging the case. Unless the defense attorney …show more content…

The offense is found in part III of the Canadian Criminal Code, and it concerns the offenses against persons and reputation. The crime is classified as a hybrid criminal offense since it a dual character in the sense that it can result in no bodily harm or may constitute some bodily harm or even death (Sentencing Advisory Council. 2017). In the first instance of the case, the offender can charge with the summary conviction while in the second instance, the sentence is arguable. Though the criminal code advocates for indictable sentencing, the charges can be

Open Document