March 3, 2023 – Old men… Blogger Russell Webster (UK) Prison is no place for old men Webster brings to light the work of Louise Ridley, senior lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University, and a publication she supports called … [Read more...]
Mandatory Minimums…
October 21, 2022 by
Oct. 21, 2022 Globe and Mail – Louise Arbour and Michael Spratt Mandatory minimum penalties harm the justice system The authors, both well known in Canadian law circles, think that mandatory minimum penalties (MMP) are “pernicious.” These … [Read more...]
Human rights…
December 13, 2021 by
Dec 13, 2021 Canadian Bar Association Business and Human Rights The Bar uses the UN Guiding Principles (UNGP) (2011) and its update in 2018 to the UN General Assembly as the basis for lawyers to advise clients doing business internationally in … [Read more...]
Well-being…
July 19, 2021 by
July 19, 2021 Public Policy Magazine (Max Bell Institute – Canada) Amr Soliman Budgeting for well-being This is a critique first published on June 21, 2021 in response to the April federal budget. But is raises a point that begs an answer for … [Read more...]
Fighting giants…
November 30, 2020 by
Nov. 30, 2020 On fighting giants and other evils… Churchill was once attributed with the remark that one can judge the quality of the civilization you have by the way you treat the country’s prisoners. The present struggle between the Chaplains … [Read more...]
Youth sex for sale…
May 11, 2018 by
May 11, 2018 Homeless Hub – Debra Schilling Wolfe; Johanna K.P. Greeson; Sarah Wasch; Daniel Treglia Human Trafficking Prevalence and Child Welfare Risk Factors among Homeless Youth: A Multi-City Study Sponsored by Covenant House International, … [Read more...]