NEWS
Ontario is supporting a new justice initiative that will help to
strengthen First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities in Ottawa.
As part of a funding partnership with the federal government,
Ontario will provide $57,500 in annual funding to the Odawa Native
Friendship Centre to develop and implement a new Aboriginal Community
Justice Program.
Under the new program, Aboriginal adults and youth in the criminal
justice system will have access to pre- and post-charge direct
accountability programs. Direct accountability programs require
offenders to make direct amends to their victims and the community, as
well as receive cultural and healing supports that help to reduce the
risk of re-offending.
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McGuinty Government Amends Christopher's Law To Improve Community Safety
TORONTO, Dec. 5 /CNW/ -
NEWS
Starting today, changes to Ontario's Sex Offender Registry will enable
police to better monitor sex offenders and keep Ontario communities safer.
Under the amendments to Christopher's Law
(http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/English/police_serv/sor/sor.html), sex
offenders will be required to register if they are:
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A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Crime and Violence in Our Culture
by Bonnie Bucqueroux
March 2004
click here for PDF version
IN BRIEF
While the United States has made dramatic strides in reducing the crime rate in recent years, the gains have come at the price of the world’s highest rate of incarceration and crime rates are still too high and communities continue to suffer. This paper on Building a Restorative Community Justice model offers a vision of an effective alternative to the fragmented criminal and juvenile justice systems of today, as well as a three-phase plan to make this vision a reality:
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by Bonnie Bucqueroux
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used with permission of the Community Policing Consortium |
Few calls inspire more dread in police officers than a domestic. There is the unpredictability - emotions are running high, and alcohol and drugs can make them run even higher. Sadly as well, the scene all too often plays out against a wrenching backdrop of sobbing, frightened children. And perhaps most frustrating of all are those cases where police make repeat calls to the same address, time and again, only to find the victim trying to shield the perpetrator from arrest. Why don't these women just leave?
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Research to Determine
What Works to Mobilize Community and Police
in Tackling & Preventing Crime Effectively
Title: Community Mobilization Assessment Tool (CMAT)
Sponsor: Community Policing Advisory Council of Ontario (CPAC): an incorporated not-for-profit, community-based organization with membership from community policing and victims assistance groups across Ontario (including police services). CPAC offers annual conferences and local workshops focusing on crime prevention and tools for local problem solving, assistance to victims of crime, and technical assistance on community partnerships for police services and local organizations.
Partners: Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP); Ontario Provincial Police (OPP); Criminology Department, Nippissing University; local CPAC members (from across Ontario); Ontario Police College; Ontario Community Watch Committee; Central Ontario Crime Prevention Association
Goal: …define the boundaries, criteria, methodology and focus of factors that are necessary for effective community-police partnerships and community mobilization required to tackle crime and social disorder challenges at the local level.
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"CPAC will act as a catalyst for the development and delivery of community policing in Ontario through linkages and partnerships with policing, community groups and agencies throughout the Province of Ontario."
