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Results for violent crime (canada)
2 results foundAuthor: Erickson, Patricia G. Title: Drugs, Violence and Public Health: What Does the Harm Reduction Approach Have to Offer? Summary: This paper considers the topic of drug-related violence — that is, violence on our streets and in our communities — as a serious and urgent aspect of the problem of urban drugs. While violence has traditionally been considered a problem for criminal justice, a matter for the police and courts to respond to, a public-health model also offers a way of understanding, dealing with, and perhaps preventing, violence in urban areas. Harm reduction provides a framework to discuss new options that may be part of a “sensible solution” to the urban-drug problem. I will consider: (1) the fundamental issue of how drugs and violence are related; (2) the effectiveness of the harm-reduction approach and of criminal justice in dealing with violence; and (3) the need and likelihood of adopting this type of solution in Canada. Details: Vancouver, BC: The Fraser Institute, 2001. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 11, 2011 at: http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/drug_papers/UDErickson.pdf Year: 2001 Country: Canada URL: http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/drug_papers/UDErickson.pdf Shelf Number: 121293 Keywords: Drug Abuse and CrimeDrug PolicyViolent Crime (Canada) |
Author: Wemmers, Jo-Anne Title: The Offer of Restorative Justice to Victims of Violent Crime: Should it be Protective or Proactive? Summary: Restorative justice favours the participation of both victims and offenders and promotes dialogue between these two parties to deal with the consequences of victimization. Research has shown that victims are generally very pleased with restorative justice. The main question is, therefore, not whether restorative justice should be offered to victims but how this should be done. In general, two divergent approaches exist: the protective model, which seeks to protect victims from possible secondary victimization and the proactive model, which seeks to inform victims about their options so that they can decide for themselves what they want to do. The present study is a qualitative study with victims of violent crime who participated in restorative justice programs, which followed either of these approaches. Based on victims’ experiences and views, the authors present a model procedure on how to offer restorative justice to victims. Details: Montreal: Centre International de Criminologie Comparee (CICC), 2011. 58p. Source: Collection resultats de recherche No. 4: Internet Resource: Accessed March 13, 2012 at Year: 2011 Country: Canada URL: Shelf Number: 124529 Keywords: Restorative Justice (Canada)Victims of Crime (Canada)Violent Crime (Canada) |