Feb. 2, 2014
Police and Community Partnerships:
A National Symposium
March 26, 27, 2014 – National Arts Centre, Ottawa
Faculty for the sessions:
Molly Baldwin, Founder/CEO, Roca Inc., Boston, USA.
Danny Graham, QC, Halifax, NS
Captain Keith Houghton, Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea, Mass., USA.
Adam Jagelewski, Associate Director, Centre for Impact Investing, MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, ON.
Eva Marszewski is the Founder and Executive Director of Peacebuilders International (Canada), and an Adjunct Faculty member of Osgoode Hall Law School
Dale McFee, Deputy Minister of Corrections and Policing, SK Ministry of Justice, Regina, SK.
Russ Mirasty, Assistant Commissioner, Commanding Officer “F” Division, RCMP, Retired, Regina, SK.
Dr. Brenda Morrison, Director of the Centre for Restorative Justice, Associate Professor, School of Criminology, SFU, Burnaby, BC.
Shawn Tupper, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships Branch, Public Safety Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Sponsored by the Pacific Business and Law Institute and Smart Justice Network -= http://www.pbli.com Contact: Pauline Cusack to register: pmc@pbli.com
Global News – Laura Stone
Police services facing ‘significant cuts’ from RCMP: documents
The RCMP is facing a $32.5 million deficit next year and is likely to wind up cutting national services to Canada’s 500 police forces and agencies. According to a briefing note for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, the national services likely impacted will include the national resource centre for missing children and the national sex offender registry. The article includes the full briefing note and the list of national services presently delivered by the RCMP. http://globalnews.ca/news/1121295/police-services-facing-significant-cuts-from-rcmp-documents
CBC News – Alberta
Anti-bullying law not the way to go, Alberta minister says
Associate Minister Sandra Jensen whose portfolio includes the issue of cyberbullying says that Alberta does not anticipate any new legislation on cyberbullying. The province intends to make some changes to the educational act but the penalties will limited. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/anti-bullying-law-not-the-way-to-go-alberta-minister-says-1.2518360
The Star (UK)
Mark to help restorative schemes
This article is a follow-up on an announcement a few days ago about the establishment of a series of questions around six areas that allow a RJ agency to determine its own effectiveness on a national standard. “It has been designed to ensure that all those involved in the system can be confident of ” effective practice whenever victims and offenders are brought together to address or conflict”. So far eight British agencies have acquired the endorsement. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/regional/mark-to-help-restorative-schemes-1-6410849
Smart Policing (US)
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Criminal Justice Reforms
The National Institute of Justice’s John Roman is attempting to do a cost benefit analysis to allow funders of all kinds to know which particular justice reforms and crime interventions are showing up in cost controls and future financial planning. The article includes some discussion on what matters and how to quantify a preventative measure. http://www.smartpolicinginitiative.com/library-and-multimedia-resources/economics/cost-benefit-analysis-criminal-justice-reforms Full pdf report (8 pages): http://nij.gov/journals/272/pages/cost-benefit.aspx
Daily Pilot (Costa Mesa, California)
Efforts to reduce expulsions controversial
The school district initiated a RJ policy with the intent of reducing the number of expulsions. Sure enough the expulsions went from 18 to none. Subsequent investigation revealed that those who would previously have been expelled now received a “stipulated expulsion,” a transfer to another school in the district with a further consequence of other disciplinary measures. http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0202-expulsions-in-newport-mesa-20140201,0,6117776.story