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
December 22, 2023 by
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…
December 8, 2023 by
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…
November 30, 2023 by
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…
January 30, 2023 by
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…
December 15, 2022 by
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…
December 12, 2022 by
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?
October 22, 2018 by
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…
October 31, 2017 by
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…
September 25, 2017 by
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...]