Victims Of Assault In Canada

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Assault rates have greatly increased in the past couple of years. Assault cases are not reported to the police. According to one of the articles that will be discussed later in this paper victims of assault choose to keep the fact that they’ve been assaulted to themselves rather that reporting it to the police. There will be two cases discussed in this paper first a case in Canada R v Ma ‘Alin where the defendant has been accused of assault. The second case that will be discussed in this paper is in New York called Maureen Kepler. Assault rates have increased as they are not reported to the police. In general an assault can be considered as an intentional act causing harm to another. According to the Criminal Code of Canada assault is applying …show more content…

Summarily can be defined as a concise legal proceeding without a jury. Indictment is a legal proceeding with a grand jury present. If the Crown were to choose to proceed by indictment the maximum sentence is 5 years in jail. The consequence of being found guilty of assault can range anywhere from absolute discharge to a term of imprisonment. Assault with a weapon or assault causing bodily harm charges are considered more serious and the maximum sentence upon conviction is 18 months in jail if the Crown proceeds summarily and 10 years in jail if the Crown chooses to proceed by …show more content…

Victims are usually more likely to receive help from other sources. According to the survey that was taken by Thomson and Langley “the number of assaults reported by victims is lower than the total number of assaults known by the police.” For the victim to report an assault there are several decisions the victim must

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