Issues in Canadian policing
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 MoreListening to Justice III: Law Enforcement and the Front Line of Justice
Post #282 790 words; 3 minutes to read Post and audio summary by volunteer Jada Lam Summary: Law enforcement is often the public’s first encounter with the criminal justice system. This final post in the series highlights Canadian podcasts that...
Read MorePrisoner Experience: My Descent into Canada’s Youth Justice System
Post #224 800 words; 4 minutes to read. Jonathan Baglee is currently attending Athabasca U with the aspiration of becoming a lawyer. www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-baglee. More instalments of this story are planned. It was the summer of 2006, grade ten was over,...
Read More99% of Ontario community safety grants go to police
About 1000 words; 5 minutes to read By Claire Wilmot , adapted from The Conversation One of the major issues in the current debate over defunding the policing is whether police are being asked to do too many things that...
Read MoreTreating someone as a criminal perpetuates crime: Goldlist
This post is about 700 words and can be read in about 3 minutes. By Peter Small, AdvocateDaily.com Contributor Reprinted with the permission of AdvocateDaily.com A criminal record contributes to more crime Society’s branding of someone as a criminal becomes...
Read MoreCrime rates don’t affect police or prison numbers; minority population does
This post is 500 words and takes about 2 minutes to read. Most of us presume that cities have more police when there is more crime. We also assume that more people in prison is a result of more crime. ...
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