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SLSC routinely conducts research and engages in advocacy and information sharing as key components of our mission. Through this work, we generate a wide variety of reports, policies, legislative submissions, and other documents that we’re pleased to share in this Resource Library.

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Statement on the 51st Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (2023-24), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , press-release-open-lettercommunity-integration jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives-to-incarceration community community-corrections community-based conditional-release correctional-service-of-canada corrections human-rights in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship oci office-of-the-correctional-investigator peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife public-safety recommendations rehabilitation sentencing
Legal Analysis: The Aging & Elderly Prison Population, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020other-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populationsage aging-elderly community-corrections community-based correctional-service-of-canada corrections discrimination prisoners prisons public-safety recommendations risk stigma
Bill S-230 Brief to Standing Senate Committee on Legal & Constitutional Affairs, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2024legislative-report-submission policy-briefcommunity-integration health housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populationsalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release crf evaluation halfway-house human-rights judge judicial-discretion legal-and-constitutional-affairs mental-health parole public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release
Vers un réseau intégré : Travailler ensemble pour éviter la criminalisation de personnes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale, , , , , , , , , , , , 2008research-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescollaboration education mental-health program recommendations risk social-determinants-of-health training
Les entreprises sociales et l’intégration au marché du travail des individus qui sortent du système de justice pénale ‒ une synthèse d’évaluation de projets pilotes, , , , , , , , , , , , 2015research-reportrelease-community-integrationcommunity-based conditional-release employment evaluation homelessness mental-health parole public-safety recommendations rehabilitation release social-enterprises temporary-absence
Infrastructure, croisements, innovation : bien comprendre les aménagements des établissements résidentiels communautaires face aux enjeux toujours changeant engendrés par la pandémie de COVID-19, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2021research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments release-community-integrationcbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based covid-19 crf evaluation halfway-house healthcare mental-health pandemic physical-health policy recommendations rehabilitation reintegration
L’Engagement communautaire : La clé de services correctionnels communautaires à l’intention de personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2010research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release crf evaluation halfway-house human-rights mental-health parole public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release temporary-absence
Mémoire présenté au comité permanent de la justice et des droits de la personne sur la loi sur la sécurité des rues et des communautés : projet de loi C-10, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2011legislative-report-submissionhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaddiction bill-c-10 ccra corrections-and-conditional-release-act criminal-code criminal-record deterrence deterrent drug-use drugs human-rights judge judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mental-health pardons politics public-safety record-suspension sentencing serious-crime standing-committee substance-use transfer-laws violent-offender ycja youth youth-criminal-justice-act
Young Adults and the Definition of Youth Within the Criminal Justice System, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2022other-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-practicesage brain-development child children criminal-code-of-canada criminal-justice-system legislation prison-culture recidivism ycja young-adult young-person youth youth-criminal-justice-act
A Framework for Legal Analysis: The Aging & Elderly Prison Population, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019other-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-practicesage aging-elderly community-corrections community-based correctional-service-of-canada corrections discrimination prisoners prisons public-safety recommendations risk stigma
Tips for Persons with Criminal Records Returning to the Community, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2021other-reportrelease-community-integrationcommunity-corrections community-based criminal-record education employment financial-assistance goals mental-health pardons recidivism recommendations record-suspension record-suspensions rehabilitation reintegration social-services
News Release Regarding LifeLine Funding Cut, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2012press-release-open-letterhousing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populationscommunity-corrections community-based correctional-service-of-canada corrections cost in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife recommendations
Native Counselling Services of Alberta Open Letter: Healing Lodges, Community-based Residential Facilities Help to Ensure Public Safety, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018press-release-open-letterhealth jail-prison-environments release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescbrf community-based correctional-service-of-canada crf deterrence deterrent healing-lodge mcclintic native-counselling-services-of-alberta public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration surveillance
News Release Regarding McClintic Transfer from Healing Lodge, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018press-release-open-letterhealth jail-prison-environments release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescorrectional-service-of-canada deterrence deterrent healing-lodge mcclintic public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration surveillance
Response to Office of The Correctional Investigator (OCI) & Canadian Human Rights Commission’s (CHRC) Joint Report Aging and Dying in Prison, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019press-release-open-letterhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populationsaccessibility age aging-elderly alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration canadian-human-rights collaboration community-corrections community-based correctional-service-of-canada corrections deterrence deterrent discrimination healthcare mental-health need oci office-of-the-correctional-investigator physical-health public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation risk stigma surveillance
Response to the Government of Canada’s Tabling of the Federal Framework to Reduce Recidivism, , , , , , , , 2022press-release-open-letterlegislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integrationcommunity deterrence deterrent federal-framework-to-reduce-recidivism ffrr government recidivism rehabilitation
News Release Regarding Corrections and Conditional Release Act: 30th Anniversary, , , , , , 2022press-release-open-lettercommunity-integration legislation-criminal-justice-reformcommunity conditional-release corrections corrections-and-conditional-release-act rehabilitation reintegration
Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-5 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2022legislative-report-submissioncommunity-integration health legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivesaddiction bill-c-5 controlled-drugs-and-substances-act criminal-code deterrence deterrent drug-use drugs human-rights judge judicial-discretion legal-and-constitutional-affairs mandatory-minimum mental-health politics public-safety senate-committee sentencing substance-use
SLSC Policy on Privatization of Corrections, , , , , , , , , , , , , 1999slsc-policyjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivescost employment evaluation for-profit privacy private privatization public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration surveillance
SLSC Privacy Policy, 2004slsc-policyvalues-based-principles-perspectivesprivacy research-ethics
SLSC Policy on Electronic Monitoring, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013slsc-policyhousing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesaccountability alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration bail bill-c-10 community-corrections community-based conditional-release corrections cost crime-prevention deterrence deterrent discrimination electronic-monitoring equality evaluation house-arrest parole privacy probation public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration release research-ethics stigma surveillance technology temporary-absence
SLSC Policy on Mandatory Minimums, , , , , , , , , , 2017slsc-policylegislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivesaccountability criminal-code deterrence deterrent judge judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum politics public-safety sentencing
SLSC Policy on Victims, , , , , , , , , , , 2017slsc-policylegislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-of-rights cost human-rights impact-statement need public-safety restitution sentencing survivors victims
SLSC Policy on Crime Prevention, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018slsc-policylegislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-based cost crime-prevention criminogenic criminogenic-needs policy prevention primary public-safety reintegration root-of-crime secondary tertiary
SLSC Policy on Community-Based Social Justice, , , , , , , , 2018slsc-policyhousing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescollaboration community community-based discrimination equality stigma
SLSC Policy on Aging and Elderly People in Conflict with the Law, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018slsc-policyhealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaccessibility age aging-elderly alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration community-corrections community-based correctional-service-of-canada corrections deterrence deterrent healthcare mental-health need physical-health public-safety recidivism rehabilitation risk surveillance
SLSC Policy on Capital Punishment, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019slsc-policyjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesabolish accountability capital-punishment crime-prevention criminal-code death-penalty deterrence deterrent history homicide judge judicial-discretion life-sentence lifer murder politics public-safety recidivism rehabilitation retribution retributive-justice sentencing wrongful-conviction
SLSC Policy on Research Ethics, , , 2019slsc-policyhealth legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectiveshuman-rights research-ethics
SLSC Policy on Peer Mentoring, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019slsc-policyhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity community-based in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife program recidivism rehabilitation reintegration training
SLSC Policy on Right to Housing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019slsc-policyhealth housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesaboriginal accessibility crime-prevention discrimination equality homelessness housing-strategy indigenous poverty public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration root-of-crime stigma
SLSC Policy on The Role of Government, , , , , , , , , , , 2020slsc-policyjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescollaboration community community-integration crime-prevention public-safety recidivism rehabilitation reintegration root-of-crime
SLSC Policy on Social Enterprises, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020slsc-policyrelease-community-integrationcollaboration community-based conditional-release employment homelessness mental-health parole program public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release social-enterprises temporary-absence
SLSC Policy on Impact of Long-term Incarceration, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020slsc-policyhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesage aging-elderly capital-punishment community-corrections community-based corrections cost criminal-code death-penalty deterrence deterrent human-rights in-reach-work incarceration judge judicial-discretion life-sentence lifeline lifer mental-health parole peer-life peerlife politics public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration sentencing surveillance
SLSC Policy on the Impact of Criminal Records, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020slsc-policyhousing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescost criminal-record discrimination employment equality pardon pardon-user-fee record-suspension rehabilitation reintegration stigma
SLSC Policy on Universal Basic Income, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2021slsc-policyhealth housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescost crime-prevention employment gli guaranteed-livable-income homelessness negative-income-tax politics poverty survivors ubi universal-basic-income victims women
SLSC Policy on Restorative Justice, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2021slsc-policyhealth legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivesaboriginal alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration collaboration community-corrections community-based corrections cost crime-prevention indigenous judicial-discretion public-safety recommendations rehabilitation reintegration restorative-justice sentencing
SLSC Policy on Human Rights and Non-Discrimination, , , , , , , , , , , 2022slsc-policylegislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivescanadian-human-rights-act charter-of-rights-and-freedoms community community-corrections discrimination human-rights mental-health physical-health recidivism rehabilitation reintegration
SLSC Policy on Racism in the Criminal Justice System, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2022slsc-policyhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaboriginal accessibility black collaboration correctional-service-of-canada discrimination equality human-rights incarceration indigenous mental-health physical-health rehabilitation reintegration risk stigma surveillance
SLSC Policy on Equitable and Consistent Standards of Healthcare for Justice-Involved People, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2022slsc-policyhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivesaboriginal accessibility correctional-service-of-canada healthcare human-rights indigenous mental-health physical-health rehabilitation reintegration risk
Good Practices Manual: Principles to Practice, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2007research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaboriginal alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release crf evaluation halfway-house indigenous mental-health needs nimby parole program public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release temporary-absence women
Community Connections: The Key to Community Corrections for Individuals with Mental Health Disorders, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2010research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release crf evaluation halfway-house human-rights mental-health parole public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release temporary-absence
Homes for the ‘Hard to House’ Research Findings Report, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2012research-reporthousing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release cost crf evaluation halfway-house model needs nimby parole program public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release risk second-stage-housing temporary-absence transitional-housing
Homes for the Hard to House: H2H Model, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2012other-reporthousing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based conditional-release cost crf halfway-house model needs nimby parole program public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation reintegration release risk second-stage-housing temporary-absence transitional-housing
Towards an Integrated Network Second Edition, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescollaboration education homelessness mental-health program recommendations risk social-determinants-of-health training
Literature Summary Promising Practices for Train the Trainer in Peer Mentoring Workshop, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2014research-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populationsaboriginal addiction collaboration community-based drug drug-use evaluation indigenous mental-health mentorship peer-mentoring recommendations rehabilitation risk substance-use training women
Social Enterprise and Labour Market Integration for Individuals Exiting the Criminal Justice System ‒ A Synthesis of Pilot Project Evaluation, , , , , , , , , , , , 2015research-reportrelease-community-integrationcommunity-based conditional-release employment evaluation homelessness mental-health parole public-safety recommendations rehabilitation release social-enterprises temporary-absence
SLSC Train the Trainer Workshop: Problematic Substance Use, Consolidated Report, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2017research-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populationsaddiction collaboration community-based drug drug-use evaluation mental-health mentorship peer-mentoring recommendations rehabilitation rick-sauve risk substance-use training
Beyond Custody: Positive Pathways to Housing for Youth in Conflict with the Law, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018research-reporthousing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populationscbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-based crf evaluation halfway-house homelessness recommendations rehabilitation youth
Life(r)’s Work: Developing a Modernized Strategy for Life-Sentenced People in Canada, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019research-reportjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-based evaluation history in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife
Life(r)’s Work: Supporting a Modernized Strategy for Life-Sentenced People in Canada, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020research-reportjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-based evaluation history in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife
Infrastructure, Intersections, and Innovation: Understanding Community-based Residential Facilities Within a Shifting COVID-19 Landscape, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2021research-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments release-community-integrationcbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based covid-19 crf evaluation halfway-house healthcare mental-health pandemic physical-health policy recommendations rehabilitation reintegration
Towards an Integrated Network: Working Together to Avoid Criminalization of People with Mental Health Problems, , , , , , , , , , , , 2008research-reporthealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescollaboration education mental-health program recommendations risk social-determinants-of-health training
Life(r)’s Work: An Historical Analysis and Evaluation of a Program for Life Sentenced People in Canada, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2017research-reportjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-based evaluation history in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife
Why Crime Prevention?, , , , , , , , , , , , 2001other-reportlegislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-based cost crime-prevention criminogenic criminogenic-needs prevention primary public-safety reintegration root-of-crime secondary tertiary
Halfway houses for federal offenders: What do we know about them? (FORUM on Corrections Research), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2003other-reporthousing-halfway-houses release-community-integrationalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based crf evaluation halfway-house human-rights politics public-safety rehabilitation risk
Do Halfway Houses Affect Property Values?, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2004fact-sheethousing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesalternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf community community-based-residential-facilities community-corrections community-based cost crf criminal-record halfway-house human-rights myth nimby politics property-value public-safety rehabilitation reintegration risk
Position Paper on Community Supports: Alternatives to Traditional Approaches (submitted to the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) as part of the PBC Academic Think Tank on Community Corrections), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019other-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesage aging-elderly alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration cbrf collaboration community community-based-residential-facilities community-correctional-centres community-corrections community-based conditional-release cost crf criminogenic criminogenic-needs deterrence deterrent discrimination employment evaluation halfway-house human-rights in-reach-work life-sentence lifeline lifer mental-health mentorship parole parole-board-of-canada pbc peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife politics public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation release risk root-of-crime stigma surveillance temporary-absence
Smart on Crime: The St. Leonard’s Perspective on What Works and What Matters in Criminal Justice, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2019other-reporthealth housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaccess addiction age aging-elderly bill-c-53 bill-c-75 community-corrections community-based conditional-release cost counseling criminal-record drug drug-use employment health housing housing-strategy judicial-discretion mental-health pardon parole politics record-suspension release segregation sentencing siu smart-on-crime solitary-confinement structured-intervention-unit substance-use temporary-absence trauma
Summary of SLSC’s Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-4 An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2010legislative-report-submissionhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-25 bill-c-4 deterrence deterrent history judicial-discretion justice-and-human-rights mental-health public-safety recommendations sentencing standing-committee violent-offender ycja youth youth-criminal-justice-act
Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-4 An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2010legislative-report-submissionhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-25 bill-c-4 deterrence deterrent history judicial-discretion justice-and-human-rights mental-health public-safety recommendations sentencing standing-committee violent-offender ycja youth youth-criminal-justice-act
Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Parole Board of Canada Propose Pardon User Fee Increase, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2011legislative-report-submissionlegislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivescommunity-corrections cost criminal-record discrimination legal-and-constitutional-affairs pardon pardon-user-fee public-safety record-suspension reintegration standing-committee stigma
Brief to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-10 Omnibus Crime Bill, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2011legislative-report-submissionhealth jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesaddiction bill-c-10 ccra corrections-and-conditional-release-act criminal-code criminal-record deterrence deterrent drug-use drugs human-rights judge judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mental-health pardons politics public-safety record-suspension sentencing serious-crime standing-committee substance-use transfer-laws violent-offender ycja youth youth-criminal-justice-act
Bill C-479 An Act to Bring Fairness to Victims of Violent Offenders Factsheet, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013fact-sheetlegislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-479 bill-of-rights ccra charter-of-rights-and-freedoms conditional-release corrections-and-conditional-release-act cost criminal-code human-rights impact-statement judicial-discretion parole privacy public-safety recommendations rehabilitation restitution sentencing survivors temporary-absence victims violent-offender
Submission to the Department of Justice on Victims’ Rights in Canada, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013legislative-report-submissionlegislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-32 bill-c-479 bill-c-54 bill-of-rights ccra corrections-and-conditional-release-act cost criminal-code department-of-justice human-rights impact-statement judicial-discretion public-safety recommendations restitution sentencing survivors victims
Capital Punishment Fact Sheet, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013fact-sheetjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesabolish accountability capital-punishment criminal-code death-penalty deterrence deterrent history homicide in-reach-work judge judicial-discretion life-sentence lifeline lifer murder peer-life peerlife politics public-opinion public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation retribution retributive-justice sentencing wrongful-conviction
Policy Brief on Capital Punishment, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013legislative-report-submissionjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesabolish accountability capital-punishment criminal-code death-penalty deterrence deterrent history homicide in-reach-work judge judicial-discretion life-sentence lifeline lifer murder peer-life peerlife politics public-opinion public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation retribution retributive-justice sentencing wrongful-conviction
Policy Brief on Electronic Monitoring Review and Recommendations, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2013legislative-report-submissionhousing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesaccountability alternatives alternatives-to-incarceration bail bill-c-10 community-corrections community-based conditional-release corrections cost crime-prevention deterrence deterrent discrimination electronic-monitoring equality evaluation house-arrest parole privacy probation public-safety recidivism recommendations rehabilitation release research-ethics stigma surveillance technology temporary-absence
Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-32 Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, , , , , , , , , , , , 2014legislative-report-submissionlegislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-32 bill-of-rights cost human-rights impact-statement judicial-discretion public-safety restitution sentencing survivors victims
Brief on the Federal Victims Bill of Rights, , , , , , , , , , , , 2014legislative-report-submissionlegislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-32 bill-of-rights cost human-rights impact-statement judicial-discretion public-safety restitution sentencing survivors victims
Letter to Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-479 An Act to Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2014legislative-report-submissionjail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectivesbill-c-479 conditional-release in-reach-work legal-and-constitutional-affairs life-sentence lifeline lifer mentorship parole peer-life peer-mentoring peerlife privacy public-safety release rick-sauve senate-committee temporary-absence
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