Posts worth a second look: Crime and recidivism
April 3, 2023
By Riley Mintz, Volunteer. Riley is a second year law student at the University of Ottawa. Our blog now has more than 200 posts on a wide variety of topics. Here are brief mentions of nine previous posts on...
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 MoreThe Perils of Prediction: Evidence on the Limitations of Tools for Predicting Recidivism
October 6, 2017
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In the media coverage of the recent attack in Edmonton on a police officer and several civilians, questions were asked about why this man was able to commit such a crime given that he had been questioned by police several...
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