April 13, 2013 New America Media: Law and Justice Youth Justice at the Crossroads--A New Vision of Opportunity Before Incarceration Having worked to achieve a 32% reduction in juvenile crime over the last ten years, and an astounding 92% … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
The inhumane practice of solitary confinement!
April 12, 2013 by
April 12, 2013 Bloomberg Press (US) – Editorial (April 11, 2013) The Inhumane Practice of Solitary Confinement Say the Bloomberg editors: “The use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and detention centers has broken the bounds of reason and … [Read more...]
Adult penalties?
April 11, 2013 by
April 11, 2013 Ottawa Citizen – Andrew Seymour Crown wants teen pimps sentenced as adults if convicted Three teenagers, 15 and 16 year olds, are charged in pimping and using threats of violence and violence to compel other underage girls to … [Read more...]
US AG and mandatory
April 8, 2013 by
April 7, 2013 Global Grind - Nyasia Draper The Time Is Now: Eric Holder Speaks Out Against Mandatory Prison Sentencing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder: "Too many people go to too many prisons for far too long for no good law enforcement … [Read more...]
Study explores mental health programs for Arctic criminal courts
April 4, 2013 by
April 3, 2013 Queen’s University - Sharday Mosurinjohn Exploring Mental Health & Criminal Justice in the Canadian Arctic Priscilla Ferrazzi's research (see www.NunavutMentalHealthCourts.wordpress.com ) examines how the underlying … [Read more...]
C-54 and NCR
April 2, 2013 by
April 2, 2013 Vancouver Sun - Douglas Quan, Postmedia News Mental health organizations, researcher criticize proposed changes to legislation Anne Crocker, a professor of psychiatry at McGill University, is puzzled since she delivered to the … [Read more...]
YCJA – 10th anniversary
April 1, 2013 by
April 1, 2013 The Youth Criminal Justice Act: April 1 marks the 10th anniversary John Howard Society and Catherine Latimer remember… Ten-years ago today, just days before the Youth Criminal Justice Act came into force, the John Howard Society … [Read more...]