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(Some of the following reports are not yet available online. They can be obtained in alternative formats (Portable Document Format PDF and in Rich Text Format RTF). Send your request to: rsd.drs@justice.gc.ca)
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Just Research 2005- Issue No.13 : Research Reports
- Author: (2005-12-01)
Description: In this issue, we are focusing on a topical and thought provoking theme: Achieving Justice for Vulnerable Canadians. The articles in this edition of Just Research shed light on a number of significant issues concerning some of the more vulnerable groups of Canadian society.
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Just Research 2005 - Issue No.12 : JustResearch
- Author: (2005-01-18)
Description: In this issue of Just Research, some of the major policy research questions in the area of justice and the Canadian family are explored. Kelly Morton-Bourgon and Dr. Guy Bourgon examine the question of whether involving the family in the treatment of adolescent sexual offenders has an impact on treatment effectiveness. Dr. Cherami Wichmann presents a statistical profile of today's Canadian family using the most recent available data. Catherine Thomson provides an overview of recent research sponsored by the Department of Justice Canada on family transitions using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Jeff Latimer takes a critical look at Multisystemic Therapy as a response to serious youth delinquency that broadens the focus beyond the young person to the family as a whole. Marie Gannon and Karen Mihorean provide one of the first direct comparisons of sentencing outcomes between family violence convictions and other violent convictions in Canadian adult courts. Finally, Rick Gill and Dr. Cherami Wichman provide a brief summary of their recent work into shared parenting arrangements.
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Just Research 2004 - Issue no.11 : JustResearch
- Author: (2004-06-29)
Description: This issue of Just Research contains articles on a number of policy research areas including the burden of self-representing accused in criminal court, Bill C-46 and disclosure of third-party records in sexual assault cases, and the tension between privacy, rights, and advancements in genetic health research.
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Just Research 2003 - Issue No.10 : JustResearch
- Author: (2004-01-30)
Description: In this Issue of Just Research we are pleased to profile three recent projects completed by the Research and Statistics Division. First, Dr. Fernando Mata provides a summary of our recent research into minority views on the Anti-terrorism Act, which used a qualitative focus group research design in several sites across Canada. Second, Valerie Howe discusses the ongoing work of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy and the relationship between advances in technology and emerging privacy concerns. Third, Steven Kleinknecht summarises the international literature on the phenomenon of auto-theft among youth, with a focus on the effectiveness of programming responses and the distinction between "joy-riding" and more profit-driven motivations for such behaviour.
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Just Research 2003 - Issue No.9 : Research Reports
- Author: (2003-06-15)
Description: This issue of Just Research, we review research on such issues as mental disorder and the potential for violence, the phenomenon of group crime in Canada, victim cooperation in prosecuting domestic violence, and transferring youth to adult court.
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Just Research 2002 - Issue No.8 : JustResearch
- Author: (2003-02-02)
Description: This issue of Just Research, we are pleased to profile the recent work of Professor Carlo Morselli from the University of Montreal on the relational foundations of criminal enterprise. This work has direct implications for the Department's ongoing research and policy work in the area of organized crime.
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Just Research 2002 - Issue No.7 : JustResearch
- Author: (2002-08-11)
Description: This issue is comprised of literature reviews on an array of topicsincluding mandatory minimums, youth justice, intermediate sanctions,and mediation in child custody cases.
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Just Research - October 2001 : JustResearch
- Author: (2001-10-11)
Description: This issue of Just Research includes reviews on a wide range of topics including family violence, young offenders, social cohesion, restorative justice, firearms, and organized crime. In our Research in Profile Section, we have chosen to profile research on victimization and fear of crime.
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Just Research - March 2001 : JustResearch
- Author: (2001-03-11)
Description: In this issue of Just Research, we reviewed several articles on victimisation and family violence, as well as interesting articles on capital punishment, conditional sentencing and cyber crime. As previously mentioned, we have also included profiles of new research from the Research and Statistics Division and from a Canadian academic.
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Just Research - November 2000 : JustResearch
- Author: (2000-11-11)
Description: This issue covers a larger number of policy relevant topics including domestic violence and the use of mediation, cyber crime, organized crime, impaired driving, gender specific treatment for offenders, firearms, same-sex relationship violence, "three strikes" sentencing policies, restorative justice, and finally the use of statistics in the media.
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Just Research - July 2000 : JustResearch
- Author: (2000-07-11)
Description: This issue of Just Research includes articles on public consultation, youth justice, hate crime, victims, and dispute resolution.
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Just Research - March 2000 : JustResearch
- Author: (2000-03-11)
Description: This issue includes reviews of articles on hate crime, a unique Aboriginal justice program, prostitution, child-related issues such as child abuse and children who witness domestic violence, and the costs of crime. It also features some results from our Client Survey.
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