Smart Justice Network: Dec 14, 2023 – Missed opportunity… Toronto Star – Jacques Gallant Toronto sex assault case tossed over Ottawa’s failure to appoint Superior Court judges - “Had the judicial positions in Toronto been filled, this … [Read more...]
July 14, 2023 – Safe in community…
July 14, 2023 by
July 14, 2023 – Safe in community… Amnesty International (Canada) END VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN & 2SLGBTQIA+ LAND AND WATER DEFENDERS IN Canada Amnesty International is trying to co-op petitioners and advocates to call … [Read more...]
May 11, 2023 – Spending on crime prevention…
May 11, 2023 by
May 11, 2023 – Spending on crime prevention… Daily Yonder (Central Appalachia, Kentucky, US) - Anya Slepyan ‘Building Prison Cells Over Homes’ in Central Appalachia - Central Appalachia has one of the highest concentrations of state … [Read more...]
Better neighbours…
September 26, 2022 by
Sept 26, 2022 Governor Jay Inslee (Washington State) How Norwegian prisons prepare inmates to become better neighbors “Much about Norway’s famous prisons stands in contrast to American impressions of incarceration. The opinion of the Norwegian … [Read more...]
Voice of Fire…
August 19, 2022 by
Aug 19, 2022 Just published: Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising - Brandi Morin (House of Anansi Press, 2022) This book, also available as an e-book, is an excellent resource around the impact of the cultural genocide against the … [Read more...]
A tragic loss…
March 17, 2022 by
Mar 16, 2022 Waterloo Record – Paige Desmond The end of a crime prevention era - Region, nation losing ground breaking Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council The short-sighted failure to fund the Crime Prevention Council speaks volumes about … [Read more...]
Innocence…
January 20, 2022 by
Jan 20, 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily – Christopher Guly Problem of ‘unjustified’ convictions raised as Appeal Court orders retrial in murder case: Lawyer The Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial that James Lockyer regrets. He wanted a directed … [Read more...]
Reaching…
December 8, 2021 by
Dec. 8, 2021 Ottawa Citizen – Jeffrey Bradley, Irvin Waller City of Ottawa must budget for preventative approach to tackling violence - If done properly, evidence-based prevention can reduce serious crime dramatically in the next several years. … [Read more...]