Canadian Journal of Criminology articles from January 1994

Canadian Journal of Criminology archives from January 1994

Trends in youth crime and police response, pre- and post-YOA. (Young Offenders Act) (Canada)
January 1, 1994... Most research on the impact of the Young Offenders Act (YOA) has dealt with youth court process and its outcomes, particularly custodial dispositions. The apparent increase in the use of custody under the YOA has prompted speculation that the...

Race and crime: a reply to Cernovsky and Litman. (response to Z.Z. Cernovsky and L.C. Litman, Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 35, p. 31, 1993) (Canada)
January 1, 1994... In a critique of my work, Cernovsky and Litman (1993) reproduced a table that I constructed from INTERPOL data showing that African and Caribbean countries reported twice the amount of violent crime (murder, rape, and serious assault) as...

Aboriginal homicides in Ontario.
January 1, 1994... One of the most striking differences between aboriginal and non-aboriginal crime in Canada is the rate at which members of the two groups are involved in homicide. In its report on 1988 homicides, for example, the Canadian Centre for Justice...

L'abolition des liberations conditionnelles aux Etats-Unis (1976-1993): bilan de la recherche.
January 1, 1994... 1. Introduction Le 18 juin 1992, le Parlement du Canada (la Chambre des Communes et le Senat) enterinait et le Gouverneur General du Canada sanctionnait le projet de loi C-36: Loi regissant le systeme correctionnel, la mise en liberte...

The Young Offenders Act: A Revolution in Canadian Juvenile Justice.
January 1, 1994... The increasing clamor against the Young Offenders Act (YOA) has become a routine story line in the media. The thrust of the criticisms is that this law is too lenient. Victims' groups argue that too many young offenders "get away with murder"...

Criminologie.
January 1, 1994... Encore un ouvrage sur la criminologie dira-t-on! L'espace couvert par les ouvrages de R.Gassin et de M. Killias, pour ne citer que deux travaux recents et francophones, paraissait embrasser toute la discipline. Et voici que Madame Lygia...

The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?
January 1, 1994... The gun control debate thrives on international comparisons. Proponents of stricter gun control laws in the United States argue that the introduction of European or Canadian gun laws in the United States would reduce violent crime. But would...

Restorative Justice on Trial.
January 1, 1994... In the early 1970's, various mediation and reparation schemes emerged in Canada and the United States as an alternative to formal adversarial legal processes. The idea of "informal justice" soon caught on in Britain and Europe, resulting in a...