Canadian Journal of Criminology articles from July 2001

Canadian Journal of Criminology archives from July 2001

A culture of denial: exploring professional perspectives on female sex offending.(Canada)
July 1, 2001... Introduction Over the last two decades, there has been a surge of interest in the issue of child sexual abuse. Almost all the empirical studies in this area, however, have focused on female victims of male perpetrators; sexual offending...

Population aging and crime in Canada, 2000-2041.
July 1, 2001... The Canadian population, like that of other Western countries, has been aging since the 1970's, and is expected to continue aging for the foreseeable future. As the proportion of crime-prone young people in the Canadian population falls, and...

L'estimation du niveau de concordance de trois modeles classificatoires d'agresseurs sexuels d'enfants: problemes pratiques et implications theoriques.(Canada)
July 1, 2001... Introduction Les auteurs de crimes sexuels font l'objet de preoccupations en raison, notamment, d'une intolerance grandissante dans la population qui se traduit par une reportabilite croissante. De nombreux efforts sont deployes pour mieux...

Mandatory minimum sentences: a utilitarian perspective.(Canada)
July 1, 2001... Introduction The case of Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter Tracy, has once again brought into focus the issue of mandatory minimum sentences (MMS). Latimer was twice convicted of second degree murder...

An analysis of public support for special consideration of aboriginal offenders at sentencing.(Canada)
July 1, 2001... The 1996 Criminal Code amendments which require judges to consider "all other sanctions other than imprisonment that are reasonable in the circumstances... with particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders" (Section...

Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader par Julian V. Roberts. Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Co. 2000. La publication d'un collectif d'auteurs est souvent un evenement heureux, en particulier celui dirige par Julian V. Roberts. L'ouvrage fait un...

Les Violences Criminelles.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Les violences criminelles, sous la direction de Jean Proulx, Maurice Cusson et Marc Ouimet. Quebec: Les presses de l'Universite Laval. 2000. Les homicides, les agressions sexuelles, les vols qualifies et les voies de fait font parti de...

Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society by Nicole Rafter. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. The past decade has witnessed the spectacular rise of cultural criminology as a potent new trajectory of theorization and research in...

Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Homicide, A Sourcebook of Social Research edited by M.D. Smith and M.A. Zhan. Thousand Oaks, Cal: Sage. 1999. Ces deux volumes consacres a l'homicide se recouvrent pour l'essentiel. Le > est cependant plus substantiel: il comporte 19...

Studying and Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges.
July 1, 2001... Studying and Preventing Homicide edited by M.D. Smith and M.A. Zhan. Thousand Oaks, Cal: Sage. 1999. Ces deux volumes consacrds a l'homicide se recouvrent pour l'essentiel. Le > est cependant plus substantiel: il comporte 19 chapitres...