Crime 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 MorePosts worth a second look: Crime and recidivism
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 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 MoreCriminal justice and the federal election
Post #175 830 words; 4 minutes to read Voice summary thanks to volunteer Averi Brailey. This post is a slightly edited reprint from one posted in the early days of the 2019 federal election. The election is a time to...
Read MoreEdmonton lawyers press for changes for Indigenous prisoners
700 words; 3 minutes to read. Most of this post is drawn from an article by Dylan Short in the Edmonton Journal on January 26, 2020. ————————– An Edmonton law group is urging Public Safety Canada to pardon all Indigenous...
Read MoreRethinking violent crime
This post is 900 words and can be read in 5 minutes. “We must punish violence. Or so it seems until we discover that we are not always sure what counts as violence, and the criminal law doesn’t always punish...
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