Jan 18, 2024 – Police spending and crime…

Smart Justice Network  Jan 18, 2024 – Police spending and crime…   Toronto Star – Emily Fagan Police spending has ‘no consistent correlation’ with lower crime rates, new Canadian study says - “I think a lot of people simply assume that … [Read more...]

Sept 18, 2023 – Double jeopardy…

Sept 18, 2023 – Double jeopardy…   CBC News - Olivia Bowden His brother died in an Ontario jail. Advocates say calls for reform to prevent such deaths are being ignored - Ashton Gray, 34, died by suicide in Toronto South Detention Centre … [Read more...]

New measures…

Nov. 23, 2022  APRT Report / Justice Teams Network (US) Interrupting Intimate Partner Violence – A Guide for Community Responses without Police This report is a startling presentation around intimate partner violence acknowledging the consequences … [Read more...]

Smorgasbord…

Oct 20, 2022 University of Toronto / Criminological Highlights - Anthony Doob, Rosemary Gartner, Maria Jung, Tyler King, Jane Sprott, and Audrey Macklin. This issue of Criminological Highlights addresses the following questions, all very much in … [Read more...]

Misguided…

Oct 14, 2022 CTV – (BC) - Lisa Steacy Denying bail to reduce B.C. crime a 'dangerous' proposition: Canadian Civil Liberties Association The bail question has been a major part of the legal system’s reform efforts for some time.  Advocates say … [Read more...]

No way out…

Oct. 7, 2022 Globe and Mail – Tom Cardosa No way out - Once behind bars, racialized people are far less likely to get paroled when they are eligible. A Globe analysis examines why This article is dated Feb 2020 but draws attention to the … [Read more...]

Power and democracy…

Sept 9, 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily – John L. Hill Myles Sanderson parole decisions The loss of life and the injuries in the Sanderson case has the power to move us to outrage and insistence on the harshest interpretation of legal punishment as a … [Read more...]

UN and Canadian children…

June 12, 2022 CTV News – Laura Osman, Canadian Press Urgent measures must be taken to ensure rights of Canadian children: UN committee Canada is currently undergoing a review under agreement with the United Nations on the way Canada treats its … [Read more...]

We Canadians…

Feb 2, 2022 Black History Month: Here are a number of Black History Month sites with educational … [Read more...]

Secondary punishment…

Jan.15, 2022 Washington Post (US) - Lizzie Johnson and William Wan The ethics of a second chance: Pig heart transplant recipient stabbed a man seven times years ago Here’s an excellent introduction to the question of secondary punishments.  First, … [Read more...]