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Domestic Violence
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First Time Offenders
PART 1: The Criminal Justice System
Being Charged with an Offence
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PART 2: Sentencing
Diversion
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Maximum & Mandatory Sentences
What Sentences are Available?
How Does a Judge Decide on a Sentence?
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Deferred Sentences and Discharges
Monetary Penalty
What will I have to do if I’m Sentenced to a Community-Based Sentence?
What will I have to do if I get a Sentence of Detention?
PART 3: Commonly Occurring Offences
Drunk Driving
Sustained Loss of Traction
Driving while Suspended
Refusing to give Blood
Careless Driving
Careless Driving Causing Injury
Driving without a Licence
Shoplifting
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Receiving Stolen Property
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