Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice articles from October 2004

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice archives from October 2004

Lifetime sex offender recidivism: a 25-year follow-up study.
October 1, 2004... A sample of 320 sex offenders and 31 violent non-sex offenders, seen for psychiatric assessment between 1966 and 1974, were compared retrospectively on lifetime recidivism rates to 1999 over a minimum of 25 years. A number of criteria and data...

The development of early delinquency: can classroom and school climates make a difference?
October 1, 2004... Previous research has found that school and classroom climates have important effects on children's perceptions and behaviours. More specifically, there are thought to be two types of support (emotional and instrumental) provided at the level...

Comparing American and Canadian local television crime stories: a content analysis.
October 1, 2004... Crime is a staple of local television newscasts. However, there is debate regarding the differences between Canadian and U.S. crime coverage on local television broadcasts. The purpose of this study is to explore differences and similarities...

Watching the web: thoughts on expanding police surveillance opportunities under the cyber-crime convention.
October 1, 2004... On 23 November 2001, the Council of Europe and non-member states Canada, Japan, South Africa, and the United States signed the Convention on Cybercrime (CC), an agreement that requires participating nations to enact legislation that facilitates...

Actuarial risk assessment and human rights: a commentary.
October 1, 2004... Introduction In recent years, criminal justice professionals have increasingly endorsed actuarial measures of risk as the most reliable predictive instruments for decision making (Ericson and Haggerty 1997; Hannah-Moffat and Shaw 2001)....

Taking down the straw man: a reply to Webster and Doob.(response to Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 46, p. 395, July 2004)
October 1, 2004... Introduction The Custody Rating Scale (CRS) was found by Blanchette, Verbrugge, and Wichmann (2002) to be a valid measure of custodial risk for federally sentenced women offenders. CRS validation includes, but is not limited to, its role...

"Taking down the straw man" or building a house of straw? Validity, equity, and the Custody Rating Scale.(response to article by Kelley Blanchette and Laurence L. Motiuk in this issue, p. 621)
October 1, 2004... Given the powerful impact of security level assignment on both the female offender and the correctional facility, as well as the serious implications of (mis)classification for broader legal, economic, and humanitarian issues, we welcomed...