January 10, 2013 Telegraph (UK) - Rowena Mason and Wesley Johnson Chris Grayling: charities may be better at helping prisoners than probation officers In Canada, charities have endured a difficult time in recent years but continue to contribute … [Read more...]
No easy forgiveness
January 8, 2013 by
January 8, 2013 NBC Today Show – Mark Potter Parents choose to forgive daughter’s killer There is no easy forgiveness in this follow-up but “the experience frees us from going to prison with Conor,” say the parents of the murdered girl, Ann … [Read more...]
Stats under the light – from Graham Stewart
January 6, 2013 by
January 6, 2013 Graham Stewart on international crime statistics comparisons (Ed note: Graham is responding to our last communiqué (Jan 4, 2013) in which SJN featured a video - http://tgace.com/2013/01/01/interesting-vid-about-crime-statistics - … [Read more...]
Stats and noise
January 4, 2013 by
January 4, 2013 AMIDST THE NOISE - Blogger The year end has brought all sorts of claims and disclaimers about the specific meaning of crime statistics as revealed by the various reporting agencies from municipalities and politicians across North … [Read more...]
The Mean Test
January 3, 2013 by
January 3, 2013 Alex Himmelfarb – Blog - The Mean Test Here’s a helpful reflection on what we may wish for Canada in the New Year. The author has been featured in SJN before and is a former secretary to the Privy Council. His article is well … [Read more...]
RJ: Conceptualising and Contextualising
January 1, 2013 by
January 1, 2013 RJ on-line: Theo Gavrielides Conceptualising and contextualising restorative justice for hate crimes In an introduction appearing on the RJ on-line site Gavrieldes argues that RJ is still far from mainstream in response to crime … [Read more...]
Foreign detention
January 1, 2013 by
December 27, 2012 ImmigrationProf Blog - Savitri Taylor Immigration Article of the Day: Exporting Detention: Australian Funded Immigration Detention in Indonesia The author is a US lawyer specializing in immigration issues. She has discovered … [Read more...]
Children in detention
December 20, 2012 by
December 20, 2012 CBC News: Detention centres no place for migrant children, critics argue - Canada out of step with push to keep migrant children out of detention centres Many Canadians may be surprised to learn that the Canadian government does … [Read more...]
Stats and lies?
December 7, 2012 by
December 7, 2012 Prince George Free Press (BC) – DeLynda Pilon City still atop Maclean's crime ranking With only one murder in 2011, here’s the scoop on how to get to the title MacLean’s most crime infested city in Canada! You have to master the … [Read more...]
Romanians and C-31
December 6, 2012 by
December 7, 2012 Rabble.ca – Ian Beeching The human cost of Jason Kenney's refugee health cuts It may be that much of the new immigration policy in C-31 is coming from a Jason Kenny visit to Australia two years ago. “Borrowing from Australia's … [Read more...]