Canadian Journal of Criminology articles from April 2000

Canadian Journal of Criminology archives from April 2000

Bad, sad, and rejected: the lives of aggressive children.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Introduction Countries vary in defining the age at which young children should be held criminally responsible for their acts. For example, the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Sweden and Austria is 14 (Kangaspunta 1995). In...

Aggregation bias in ecological research: How social disorganization and criminal opportunities shape the spatial distribution of juvenile delinquency in Montreal.
April 1, 2000... Introduction Ecological studies are important in criminology because they provide a better understanding of social conditions associated with higher rates of crime and violence. Within each city, there are areas where there are more...

The Parole Attitudes Scale (PAS): development of a 15-item scale to assess attitudes toward conditional release.
April 1, 2000... Introduction The public perceives the criminal justice system, and sentencing in particular, as being too lenient (Brillon 1988; Broadhurst and Indermaur 1982; Doob and Roberts 1983, 1984, 1988; Hough and Moxon 1985; Roberts 1992; Sprott...

Community-based sex offender management: combining parole supervision and treatment to reduce recidivism.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Introduction Few topics elicit the level of emotional response raised by discussion of releasing sexual offenders back into the community. There is very little objective information available on the outcome of managing sex offenders in the...

The incarceration of female young offenders: protection for whom?
April 1, 2000... Introduction Female youth who come into conflict with the law have recently received a large amount of attention from the media, academics, and policy-makers. While the media portray a stereotype of the "new violent girl", academics argue...

"Interrogating justice: a critical analysis of the police interrogation and its role in the criminal justice process".
April 1, 2000... Introduction The wrongful convictions of Donald Marshall, David Milgaard, and Guy Paul Morin have precipitated a growing crisis of legitimacy within the Canadian criminal justice system. Specifically, public concern has centered on the...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community Penalties.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community Penalties, Georges Mair (ed.), Aldershot, England: Avebury. 1997. L'heure de la verite semble approcher pour les mesures penales communautaires alternatives a la peine d'emprisonnement. Les...

Solidarite et determination/Histoire de la Fraternite des policiers et des policieres de la Communaute urbaine de Montreal.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Solidarite et determination/Histoire de la Fraternite des policiers et des policieres de la Communaute urbaine de Montreal, par Jacques Rouillard et Henry Goulet. Montreal: Les Editions du Boreal. 1999. L'an 2000 marque le cinquantieme...