Tag Archive: minorities

Race, police discretion and youth justice

January 19, 2026

Post 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...

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Incarceration Nations Network and Global Freedom Fellows

November 24, 2025

Post #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...

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The drive to punish and its limits        

July 29, 2024

Post #246 970 words; 4 minutes to read La version française suit par la bénévole Rachel Cauver   Voice summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Our criminal justice system rests on the belief that bad deeds merit punishment – and the...

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Perrin: My faith led me away from ‘tough on crime’

July 15, 2024

Post #545 1000 words; 5 minutes to read By Benjamin Perrin. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the University of British Columbia and the author of the bestselling book, Indictment: The Criminal...

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Broader lessons from the Zameer case

April 25, 2024

Post #240 900 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: The serious problems revealed in the Zameer case are not rare; they occur every day in Canada’s justice system but usually do not get noticed. The acquittal recently in Toronto of...

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How can we help young men stay out of jail?

March 30, 2024

Post #238 900 words; 4 minutes to read   Summary: A study of 1600 young men in Quebec shows that imprisonment can badly interfere with normal life development, leading to increased recidvism. A very high proportion of the people in...

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Tough on crime is the wrong approach

February 28, 2024

Post #236 920 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: Tough on crime may make good politics but it’s bad policy.  One reason is that most people have committed a crime at some point in their lives, making it impossible to...

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Former ‘tough on crime’ advocate changes views radically

January 8, 2024

Post #233 900 words; 4 minutes to read   Summary: Ben Perrin, law professor and former advisor to the Harper government, makes a compelling argument for a dramatic change in our approach to criminal justice. ‘Indictment’, by Benjamin Perrin.  University...

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2023: Not a good year for criminal justice policy

December 27, 2023 |

Post # 232 700 words; 3 minutes to read Summary: Many developments in criminal justice policy in Canada in 2023 were disappointing and conflict with the evidence. 2023 has been a difficult year in many ways, all around the world. ...

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