Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice articles from October 2003

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice archives from October 2003

Does the relationship between family structure and delinquency vary according to circumstances? An investigation of interaction effects.
October 1, 2003... Les recherches empiriques revelent que la dislocation familiale n'est pas etrangere aux comportements delinquants. Selon les dernieres etudes, il se peut que le relachement des liens au sein des familles non traditionnelles soit responsable de...

Investigating the interdependence of strain and self-control.
October 1, 2003... De nombreux experts s'entendent pour dire que les theories de la maitrise de soi et du stress constituent des explications distinctes, voire antinomiques, de la criminalite et de la delinquance. C'est dans ce cadre qu'on procede, dans le...

Universal firearm registration in Canada: three perspectives.
October 1, 2003... For decades, firearm regulation has been a source of spirited debate in Western countries, particularly in North America. However, the enactment in Canada in 1995 of the Firearms Act, which, among other things, called for the establishment of a...

Gun control: placing costs in context.
October 1, 2003... For much of the past two years, advocates of firearm licensing and registration have been attacked by hunters, gun lobbyists, and others concerned about the soaring government costs of the federal program. And in December 2002 the Auditor...

Long gun registration: a poorly aimed longshot.
October 1, 2003... Like so much of the discussion around gun control during the last 40 years in Canada, the recent debate over the gun registry has been plagued by misinformation, misrepresentations, and some rather outlandish claims. The discussion might be...

The federal gun registry: an urgent need for independent, non-partisan research.
October 1, 2003... After motor vehicles, firearms are the leading instruments of injury-related death in North America (Chapdelaine, Samson, Kimberley, and Viau 1991; National Center for Health Statistics 2000). Each year in Canada, there are more than 1,000...