Is deterrence the primary factor in determining whether an offender should be convicted of assault?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Yon, 1996 CanLII 8550 (BC SC):
18 He also considered the circumstances of the offender but, nonetheless, agreed with Kirkpatrick J. who was cited from R v. Saio that deterrence is the primary factor.
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