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CRIMINAL SANCTION [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Professor Glanville Williams has argued that "judges have created the tort of breach of statutory duty partly because they have thought the criminal sanction provided by the statute to be insufficient".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le professeur Glanville Williams a soutenu que «les juges ont élaboré la règle suivant laquelle la violation d'un devoir légal engage la responsabilité de son auteur, en partie du moins, parce qu'ils étaient d'avis que la sanction pénale prévue par la loi était insuffisante».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 2 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
DEF

The possibility of a sanction being imposed if an offence has been detected through controls and criminal investigation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
DEF

Possibilité qu'une sanction soit infligée si le délit est détecté au moyen de contrôles et d'une enquête criminelle.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

An offense consisting of a violation of an administrative rule or regulation that carries with it a criminal sanction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

A crime that is divided into various degrees of severity with corresponding levels of punishment, such as murder (first-degree and second-degree) or assault (simple and aggravated).

CONT

Graded offense. One where an offender is subject to different penalties for various degrees of the offense, according to the terms of a statute. Modern criminal codes rely upon degrees of an offense to distribute sanction ranges according to the danger of harm caused or risked by the actor. See

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
Key term(s)
  • crime classé

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
CONT

... a judicial reprimand [is] one of the new non-custodial sentences ushered in by the YCJA [Young Criminal Justice Act], and the mildest sanction that can be imposed on a young person under the new juvenile justice legislative regime.

OBS

It is similar to an absolute discharge in that after the court appearance in which the sentence is imposed, the court requires nothing further of the young person, but the record of a judicial reprimand may be used for only two months after it is imposed, while the record of an absolute discharge may be used for a year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
OBS

S'il est reconnu coupable, un adolescent peut se faire dire formellement par un juge que son comportement était criminel et inacceptable.

OBS

Un dossier faisant état de la réprimande est conservé pendant 2 mois.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Penal Law
OBS

[A Florida] program designed to keep young, mostly first-time offenders from becoming career criminals. Adopting the catchy acronym JASS(pronounced "jazz"), for Juvenile Alternative Sanction System, the program offers more than 7, 000 non violent offenders each year a chance to avoid both confinement and an eventual criminal record. Instead, they have to undertake a program of rehabilitation that may include making restitution to their victims.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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