Post #295 1,000 words; 4 minutes to read. Summary: A recent book discusses key issues in Canadian policing. Policing is controversial work. On the one hand we have three recent killings of police officers in the line of duty, events...
Read MorePost #289 1200 words; 6 minute read By Kimberly Duong, blog volunteer. Summary: Describes the career and work of Dr Alana Abramson, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, related to restorative justice practice. Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Restorative justice is more...
Read MorePost 282 600 words, 3 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam Post by Felicia De Sousa , Ph D Student Summary: Evidence shows that police discretion whether to charge youth is applied unevenly by police, with racialized...
Read MorePost #281 650 words; 3 minutes to read By Hanisha Brar, Mount Royal University graduate. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam Summary: A report by the John Howard Society of Ontario discusses the importance of helping people with...
Read MorePost #280 1000 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam. Summary: The Incarceration Nations Network is an international effort to support, through a number of projects improvements in criminal justice and support for people around...
Read MorePost #271 700 words; 3 minutes to read Editor’s note: I asked one of our terrific student volunteers to review the recent report by Ontario’s ombudsman on the state of provincial jails. She was so incensed by what was in...
Read MorePost #270 880 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. By Harpreet Ahuja, lawyer and human rights consultant based in Vancouver. From 2021 to 2023, she was one of the first four external independent decision-makers...
Read MorePost #269 900 words; 4 minutes to read By Renze Nauta, Cardus Canada Allowing the addition of positive information to criminal record files would support better employment and other outcomes for individuals wanting to rehabilitate themselves. Audio summary by volunteer...
Read MoreThis editorial was published online in Law360 Canada on Friday, March 29, 2025. Reprinted with permission and may be freely reproduced and distributed as long as the original source is acknowledged. By Catherine Latimer, Executive Director, John Howard Society of...
Read MorePost #262 660 words; 3 minutes to read By student volunteer Fiza Rehman. Summary: A meta-analysis of 27 studies on restorative justice shows greater victim and offender satisfaction, and small improvements in recidivism, but the overall body of evidence...
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