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Finding Virtue in a Culture of Vengeance
What the punishment-driven crime overhaul really represents is the implementation of a policy agenda very much grounded in the ideology of the Conservative party and emotionally-driven sensationalism.
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The Layman’s Law
In 1974, Judge Gordon H. McConnell set a precedent in Canadian law, when he sentenced two men responsible for 22 acts of willful damage. Instead of incarcerating the young men, McConnell ordered the offenders to meet their victims to atone for their offence and ultimately make repairs when possible or pay the out-of-pocket costs sustained by the individual victims.
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Canada’s tough on crime agenda and its immediate effects
There’s no shortage of comprehensive data available to measure the long-term accomplishments of this approach to crime. Unfortunately, one of the most problematic issues with the implementation of such judicial actions is its focus on the immediate, short term results. For as history has informed us, that which offers the most stark and promising immediate result often bares adverse, if not dangerous, consequences down the line.
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A modest proposal for creating a growth economy: The merits of investing in crime
The G20 have been scratching their heads about how to recover from the Great Recession and create jobs in stalled economies. They could do worse than taking a page from the policy book of the Harper Government, as the Canadian Government is now known, and invest in crime.
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Web Exclusive: Visiting Gerardo in prison
Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban 5, is serving two life sentences for conspiracy to commit espionage and aiding and abetting murder.
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“If you have come here to help me ...”
I want to start by honouring those women who have lived the experience about which I presume to speak.
Women are the fastest-growing prison population world-wide. This is not accidental. Canada has been one of the first countries to be impacted by the now-globalized capitalist laws and policies that facilitate the desire for cash and products. These policies are destroying our social-safety nets - from social and health services to economic and education standards and availability. As we have recognized very concretely by the change of our mission, these laws and policies are increasingly coming into conflict with peoples’ lives.
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B.C. Court Ignores Aboriginal Women’s Plea
According to the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission (AJIC) report of 1999, “Aboriginal women are the victims of racism, of sexism, and of unconscionable levels of domestic violence. The justice system has done little to protect them from any of these assaults.” Nearly five years on, events in Watson Lake, Yukon, lead many to wonder what, if anything, has changed.
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