March 14, 2013
Winnipeg Free Press – Dan Lett
A house for healing
Derksen, a victim and long-time advocate for victims, is suggesting a new venture jointly with St. Leonard’s Society: Candace House, a place for families of victims to find support and learn about the justice system’s response to crime and their own role in the outcomes. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/a-house-for-healing-197725431.html
University of Fraser Valley:
Research and Fact Sheet on Gangs in Canada
What are gangs? Who makes them up? Who is at risk of being lured into belonging? What is being done? How can you protect youth? All questions addressed by this concise summary but it is accompanied with a fact sheet as well. http://blogs.ufv.ca/cssc/files/2013/02/Youth-Gangs.pdf
Chronicle Herald – Halifax – Patricia Brooks Arenburg
Ottawa plans Dartmouth halfway house
CSC has announced plans for a 36 bed halfway house to replace two other aging structures in Halifax. The plan calls for completion within three years. http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/960166-ottawa-plans-dartmouth-halfway-house
CTV News – Winnipeg
Report says adding more police won’t reduce crime
Rather than the number of police officers, Frontier Centre for Public Policy thinks that in Winnipeg the police are dispatched to few calls than Canadian cities with fewer officers. http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/report-says-adding-more-police-won-t-reduce-crime-1.1193092#ixzz2NS3hlCHq
Public Education Conference: Kingston and Island Liberal Party of Canada
Double Bunking in the Federal System
Kingston, March 16, 2013
Memorial Hall (Second floor Kingston City Hall)
Guest panellists:
Catherine Latimer, Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada; Jason Godin, President, Ontario Region of UCCO; Justin Piche, Professor of Criminology at U. of Ottawa
Moderator: Craig Jones, former Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada.
http://events.liberal.ca/Event/prison-overcrowding-public-forum.aspx?Lang=en