If It Bleeds, It Leads: Media Narratives and Crime Anxiety
Post #286 700 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Post bBy Felicia De Sousa , Ph D Student Summary: The media give a lot of attention to crime but does so in ways that ignore...
Read MoreMedia stories on crime don’t give full picture
Post #276 1150 words; 5 minutes to read Summary: Two recent press stories on proposals for bail ‘reform’ ignore key facts and mislead readers about the real issues. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. On Sat, Sept 6, on...
Read MoreCrime is down in Canada … but you’d never know it
Post #272 1000 words; 4 minute read Summary: The most recent report by Statistics Canada shows a drop in crime but there are lots of important details underneath that headline. Most reported crime is relatively minor and trends can only...
Read MorePresumed guilty
Post #230 1100 words; 5 minutes to read Summary: Despite the official presumption of innocence when arrested, in reality accused persons are generally treated as if they were guilty. This post is reprinted with permission from the online publication Law360...
Read MoreRethinking Canada’s carceral system
Post #223 700 words; 3 minutes to read Summary: A report from the Anti-Police Power Surrey makes three arguments in favour of a smaller criminal justice and penal system in Canada By Emily Stewart, Associate Editor Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly...
Read MoreDo Victim Impact Statements contribute to justice?
Post #212 950 words; 4 minutes to read. Audio summary by volunteer Gilliam Sherman. Summary: Work by US scholar Susan Bandes raises important issues about the place of victim impact statements in criminal justice. Victim impact statements (VIS) have become...
Read MoreMisleading media, political grandstanding and the facts
Post # 202 950 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Riley Mintz In this post we reprint in its entirety a release issued by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in September. The release, now signed on the...
Read MoreCrime continues to decline in Canada
Post #190 950 words; 4 minutes to read One of the main regular sources of data on criminal justice in Canada is the annual ‘Police Reported Crime’ report. The most recent report was released in the summer of 2021, and...
Read MoreHuman trafficking laws – Not what they seem – part 2
Post #183 1040 words; about 5 minutes to read This brief audio summary done by our volunteer Averi Brailey. A post last summer looked at the work of Dr. Katrin Roots on human trafficking in Canada. The earlier post looked at...
Read More‘A brutal murder’ – Why adjectives matter in describing crime
Post #162 750 words; about 3 minutes to read If you watch, listen to or read media coverage of crime, try paying attention to the use of adjectives. You will find that they are common in crime reporting, but not...
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