In this guide, you will find information, resources and links about sentencing law in criminal cases. This includes some of the following subjects:
- Principles
- Quantums (the range and types of sentences for offences)
- Sentencing in youth criminal justice & young offenders
- Sentencing for controlled drugs and substances
- Sentencing weapons offences
For further information on other areas of criminal law, check out our research guides on:
- Criminal Law – Drug Offences
- Criminal Law – Impaired Driving
- Criminal Law – Youth
- Criminal Procedure
For more information on finding cases see our research guide : Finding and researching cases A collection of the judgments of the Alberta Courts is available from CanLII. The official version of the reasons for judgment is the signed original or handwritten endorsement in the court file. If there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original court file takes precedence. The Canadian Abridgment available on: WestlawNext Canada All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw®
Federal Federal Acts and Regulations can be found electronically at:
Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western) Sections related to Sentencing include: The CED provides discussion of these areas of law with annotations to legislation and case law. Additional information may be found by searching the indexes or database using the keywords “impaired driving,” “driving while impaired,” “breathalyzer,” “breath sample,” “blood sample,” etc. Also available electronically through: WestlawNext Canada Halsbury’s laws of Canada is a multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. Also available electronically through: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw® Titles related to Sentencing include: Additional information may be found under other topical headings.
Alberta National
Texts
Principles
Chapter 54 provides commentary on procedural aspects of sentencing proceedings.
Section 18 discusses sentencing principles and provides citations to key case law.
Also available as an e-textQuantums
Includes an Offence Grid
Young Offenders
Commentary and digests are provided on sentencing principles and the sanctions possible under the YCJA. Also included are digests organised by offence.Drug Offences
Weapons Offences
Impaired Driving
Case Law
E-Resources
Print
Alberta Court Judgments
Digests
Legislation
Encyclopedias
Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
Halsbury's Laws of Canada
Journals
E-Resources
Print
Websites
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