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2 results foundAuthor: Munch, Christopher Title: Measuring organized crime in Canada: Results of a pilot project Summary: Organized crime has long been identified as a government priority and a public safety issue. As a result of high profile incidents in the 1990s and extensive consultations by the government, the Criminal Code of Canada was amended in 1997 to help identify criminal organizations and to protect justice system participants (Parliament of Canada n.d.).The aim of this and subsequent legislation was to provide law enforcement and justice officials with tools to respond to organized crime, including a clear national definition of a criminal organization, broader powers through sentencing guidelines, and the ability to seize property obtained for the benefit of organized crime (Parliament of Canada 2014). Since then, a number of reports have underscored the issue (40th Parliament Speech from the Throne 2010; Criminal Intelligence Service Canada 2014). For instance, in 2006 Public Safety Canada outlined the issue as follows: Organized crime affects Canadian's basic rights to peace, order and good government. Although the effects of illicit activities are not always obvious, all Canadians, through one form or another, feel them through victimization, higher insurance rates, fewer tax dollars to support social programs, and the eventual undermining of Canadian institutions and consumers. No community is immune from the effects of organized crime (Public Safety Canada 2006). To address the issue of organized crime, data are needed to inform both resourcing and policy questions related to detection, prevention and officer and public safety. Recent reports have indicated that the complexity of organized crime creates additional resource demands on policing (Public Safety Canada 2013; Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security 2014; Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Research Foundation 2015). Further, the nature of organized crime is to constantly evolve to adapt and exploit new opportunities-characteristics which, without data and data sharing among law enforcement and those responsible for public safety, make it even more challenging to fight (Criminal Intelligence Service Canada 2014). Despite the need for data to inform resourcing and policy, there are currently no standardized data to monitor the nature and extent of organized crime at the national, provincial/territorial or local levels. This Juristat article provides an overview of existing measures of organized crime in Canada and raises awareness regarding data availability and the efforts being made to collect national police-reported data through the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR).The article draws from a pilot project launched to determine best practices in the collection of police-reported data on organized crime. The data presented in this article include organized crime data reported by police services involved in the UCR organized crime pilot project for the years 2013 and 2014. These data are limited to a select group of police services reporting on a select group of UCR violations (murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, and conspire to commit murder for Phase I of the pilot data collection, and; drug production and trafficking for Phase II of the pilot). The data are not representative of Canada and are limited to the police jurisdictions that participated in the pilot. Details: Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 2017. 13p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 10, 2017 at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/14689-eng.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Canada URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/14689-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 145402 Keywords: Crime StatisticsIllicit ActivitiesOrganized Crime |
Author: New York City Department of Investigation Title: Illicit Activities at Hotels Used by the Department of Homeless Services To Provide Shelter to Homeless Families with Children Summary: In early 2017 the Department of Investigation (DOI) began examining the Department of Homeless Services' (DHS) commercial hotel procurement process in connection to a complaint of illicit activities occurring at the Bronx Days Inn, a commercial hotel used by DHS to house homeless families with children. DOI's inquiry subsequently extended to the Bronx Super 8 Hotel because it is operated by the same entity as the Bronx Days Inn and is also used by DHS to house homeless families with children. During the period examined, DOI found homeless families with children to have shared the same hotel facilities as prostitution enterprises at the Bronx Days Inn and at the Bronx Super 8 Hotel. Such proximity to criminal enterprises introduces risks to an already vulnerable population, including violence associated with prostitution enterprises, and the recruitment of DHS clients into the same criminal enterprises. In the course of the investigation, DOI also examined and found that DHS did not consider criminal activity or other indicators of possible criminality at prospective hotels prior to placing families with children at the hotels. DOI recognizes that the temporary use of commercial hotel rooms is integral to DHS' strategy to end cluster sites1 and increase the number of contracted shelters, but DHS must develop and use indicators of potential criminality in its placement decisions to ensure families with children are housed safely. DOI recommends DHS enhance its hotel selection process to identify those prospective hotels that may harbor illegal and dangerous activities and implement a strategy to mitigate the risks associated with illegal and dangerous activities, including having DHS clients occupy the entire hotel when possible to lower the risk of exposure to illegal and dangerous activities, as has been done in the case of the two Bronx hotels. DHS has reviewed and accepted DOI's specific recommendations, set forth at the end of this Report. DOI notes DHS' ongoing cooperation in this matter and believes that these steps by DHS, when implemented, will significantly reduce the risks noted in this Report. As with all accepted agency recommendations, DOI will conduct a follow-up review of implementation. Details: New York: The Department, 2018. 13p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 11, 2018 at: http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2018/Jan/01CommercialHotels010418wrpt_UL.pdf Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doi/reports/pdf/2018/Jan/01CommercialHotels010418wrpt_UL.pdf Shelf Number: 150161 Keywords: Homeless PersonsHotel SecurityHotels and CrimeIllicit ActivitiesProstitution |