Jan 16, 2024 – Integration of services…

Smart Justice Network Jan 16, 2024 – Integration of services…   What is Integrated Youth Services (IYS)? The link offers, among other things,  a five-minute explanation of Integrated Youth Services, an effort to confront the many faceted … [Read more...]

Dec 22, 2023 – A hope for the season

Smart Justice Network A hope for the season: Professor Benjamin Perrin: Law professor at Peter Allard School of Law at UBC and author of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial “I am encouraged and excited that there already exist … [Read more...]

Dec. 8, 2023 – Emotion and truth… 

Dec. 8, 2023 – Emotion and truth…    CNN – Allison Morrow The US shoplifting scourge is a lot of hype with little evidence… To be sure when passion rules, statistics can be found to sustain the passion.  That is the case, says Morrow, … [Read more...]

Nov. 30, 2023 – Prison crimes…

Nov. 30, 2023 – Prison crimes…   CBC News - Shanifa Nasser - Video of Soleiman Faqiri's final moments made public for 1st time since jail cell death An inquest into the death in custody of Soleiman Faqiri, a mentally ill person in the … [Read more...]

SC on Mandatory minimums…

Jan 30, 2023 National Newswatch – The Canadian Press Mandatory minimum penalty for firing gun at house unconstitutional: Supreme Court The Supreme Court has just ruled one mandatory sentence unconstitutional while supporting two others, all three … [Read more...]

The art of the con…

Dec 15, 2022 New York Times – Phillip Atiba Goff The Root Cause of Violent Crime Is Not What We Think It Is This article is a must read for anyone who cares about the frustrating political context that condemns everyone to repeating what is … [Read more...]

Ripe Islamophobia…

Dec 12, 2022  Toronto Star – Shree Paradkar A four-year study has mapped out ‘The Canadian Islamophobia Industry’ - Report describes an ecosystem that comprises media outlets, Islamophobia influencers and more “Wilfrid Laurier professor Jasmin … [Read more...]

Legal scam?

Oct 20, 2018 Toronto Star – Patricia Winsa Letters to shoplifters threaten legal action if hundreds in damages aren’t paid — even if the goods are recovered Here’s a move that lawyers say depends on fear, threat, and ignorance of the law: A child … [Read more...]

Bail now…

Oct 31, 2017 Ministry of the Attorney General (ON) – Ontario Unveils New Bail Directive to Reduce Pre-Trial Custody -  Province Making the Criminal Justice System Faster and Fairer The Ontario government has just released a new approach to bail … [Read more...]

More jails or more community…

Sept 25, 2017 Blogger Justin Piché - University of Ottawa and co-founder of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) Carceral expansion and organizations that serve the criminalized Justin Piché has noted a fair amount of prison … [Read more...]