Police Stops: Some Benefits, But at What Cost?
Post #225 750 words; 3 minutes to read By Hannah Lee, law student, linkedin.com/in/hannah-jd-candidate Summary: Random police stops may help reduce crime but also carry high costs to the individuals stopped. Other alternatives appear to be more effective. Police...
Read MoreWhy facts don’t change minds
Post #221 900 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: Discusses several myths about the about the relationship between scientific evidence and human decision-making, and suggests alternative insights for effective research communication and impact. Criminal justice is a field with...
Read MoreIndigenized prison programs: A human right, but not a solution
Post #217 950 words; 4 minutes to read. By Justin Tetrault, University of Alberta. Summary: Access to appropriate programs for Indigenous prisoners in Canada is inadequate even though these important programs will not resolve the issues related to over-representation...
Read MoreCompelling evidence that more imprisonment does not reduce crime
Post #211 820 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Hannah Lee Summary: A review of 116 studies finds, consistent with many earlier studies, that imprisonment does not reduce crime. Canada’s current government often claims to be ‘evidence...
Read MoreDespite what many think, most sex offenders are low risk
Post #210 730 words; 3 minutes to read Summary: A meta-analysis of 116 studies shows that recidivism rates among people convicted of sex offences in Canada have dropped dramatically over the last 40 years and are now very low. Audio...
Read MoreJohn Howard Society Week 2023
At John Howard Society Canada, we have arranged for some activities that we hope will raise public awareness about our charity and its engagement on issues and delivery of services to further just, effective, and humane responses to the causes...
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 MoreOur 200th post!
Post #200 500 words; 2 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Hannah Lee. This blog started 5 years ago as an experiment. Was there a place for a Canadian online publication that addressed important issues in criminal justice, especially...
Read MoreLife in prison as told by prisoners: Penalpress.com
Post #193 800 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey. Prisons remain an unknown for most Canadians. We have very little idea of what goes on in these institutions. The series of posts on this blog...
Read MoreDesistance from crime
Post #192 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. ‘Desistance’ is the concept describing the reduction or cessation of criminal activity. It is, then, of huge interest to the criminal justice community. In the...
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