SOC379H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Feminist Literature, Family Court, Differentia
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The impact & implications of criminal records alex hunter. What do you think about records: depending on what the position is, unnecessary for certain positions. An increased demand for record checks: no publicly available statistics that track the use of record checks in canada, on average, there has been a 7% increase, record checks are being asked for private positions, public, volunteer, etc. In canada, the 3/4 areas it has seen the most are: calgary, edmonton, peel. What lead to the demand: not-for-profit sector: High profile child sexual assault cases in the 1990s. A number of campaigns were launched to make organizations aware of the duty of care they owed to vulnerable clients (i. e. children: public and private sectors: Driven in part by trends in the united states following september 11, 2001. Canadian cases addressing the legality of employment related checks state that the policies were imposed as a result (direct or indirect) of the us legislation related to 9/11.
