CRIM 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Socioeconomic Status, The Who
27 Apr 2018
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Crim 241:
Lecture 2
Chapter 3
Responsivity (how an offender responds to rehabilitation)
Need (Dynamic Factors): Negative Associations, Socioeconomic status, employment, education,
substitutes, mental health, attitude.
Risk (Static/Historical Rations): recidivism; gender, age, criminal history, prior criminal justice
(quantitative factors)
The Mandate and Goals of Corrections
- The primary mandate of correctional systems: protection of society.
- Disagreement over how this goal can best be achieved
- Split Personality” of Corrections
o punishment vs. treatment
CSC Mission
- the Correctional Service of Canada, as part of the criminal justice system and respecting
the rule of law, contributes to public safety by actively encouraging and assisting
offenders to come law-abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, safe, secure and
humane control.
The Who of Corrections II
- 63.7% - probation, federal custody would be the lowest
Corrections
- structures, policies, and programs delivered by governments, not for profit
organizations and members of the general public to sanction, punish, treat and
supervise in the community and in correctional institutions, persons convicted of
criminal offences
The Correctional Process
- figure 3.4 (give it a look)
- If no parole is given, you will get statutory parole after 2/3, max 3 years.
- Statutory Release
Corrections in a Democratic Society
- Corrections systems experience tensions in:
o Ensuring public safety and security while ensuring offender rights are protected
- Increasing accountability and concern with the rule of law and justice
o Courts, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
- Duty to act fairly
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