Our 200th post!
Post #200 500 words; 2 minutes to read This blog started 5 years ago as an experiment. Was there a place for a Canadian online publication that addressed important issues in criminal justice, especially from a research-informed perspective? Could John...
Read MoreReducing crime the cheap way
Post #199 850 words; 4 minutes to read One of the biggest obstacles to decreasing crime and improving public safety is the human propensity to want to punish people for bad behaviour instead of providing incentives for good behaviour. ...
Read MoreSenators report that prisons (not prisoners) routinely break the law
Post #198 680 words; 3 minutes to read Last September we published a post on the report by the Senate of Canada Committee on human rights of prisoners in Canada. The Committee was highly critical of many aspects of the...
Read MoreGladue decision not having desired effects
Post #197 970 words; 4 minutes to read. The enormous over-representation of Indigenous people in Canada’s courts and prisons is well known. As one way of dealing with this problem, the Supreme Court of Canada, in 1999, issued a...
Read MoreCSC fails on diversity issues: Auditor General
Post #196 770 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey It’s hard to find anyone outside the government that is a fan of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), which operates federal prisons and parole. Previous...
Read MoreIon scanners and family visits
Post #195 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey Maintaining links with family is vitally important in any effort to rehabilitate prisoners. Yet visiting someone in prison is a daunting experience. Visitors to a federal...
Read MoreThe costs of mandatory minimums
Post #194 700 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey Since 1995, Canada has introduced a wide range of mandatory minimum sentences for various crimes, with a another big expansion under the Harper government. ...
Read MoreLife in prison as told by prisoners: Penalpress.com
Post #193 800 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey. Prisons remain an unknown for most Canadians. We have very little idea of what goes on in these institutions. The series of posts on this blog...
Read MoreDesistance from crime
Post #192 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. ‘Desistance’ is the concept describing the reduction or cessation of criminal activity. It is, then, of huge interest to the criminal justice community. In the...
Read MorePrisons are not a pathway to healing and reconciliation
Post #191 980 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey This post, by Canadian scholar Dr. Vicki Chartrand, is reproduced with permission from the website of the Australian Institute for International Affairs. Dr Vicki Chartrand is...
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