by CCJC Admin | Jun 25, 2010 | RJ Story of the Month, Stories on Victim issues
A high school student burst into a classroom one day just after lunch break wielding a knife and began to stab another student. I will call him Dan. Dan was arrested, charged with Assault with a Weapon, and sentenced to a period of closed custody in a juvenile...
by CCJC Admin | May 25, 2010 | Stories on Victim issues
Shortly after the murder of my daughter, I became involved with a homicide support group which met in an old run-down church in the heart of Winnipeg. Once every two weeks we would brave he could weather and get together just to tell our stories. We planted a tissue...
by CCJC Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Victims Pastoral Care
The Church Council, in collaboration with the Mennonite Central Committee Canada and the Quakers, is playing an active role in developing a project to resource and train pastoral care so they may respond to the needs of victims of crime in their community. The first...
by CCJC Admin | May 25, 2008 | CCJC News and Events, Events, In the Community
One percent of the U.S. adult population is in prison. This is the highest rate in the world, even higher than Russia and China. Why are U.S. policymakers reconsidering their “tough on crime” approach? What lessons could Canadians learn from the United States about...
by CCJC Admin | May 16, 2008 | Elections, Public Policy
2008 Federal Election Fact Sheets It is crucial that we invest in policies that can effectively address victims’ needs and help reduce crime and re-offending. There is now a strong body of evidence that increasing incarceration does not do that. It also incurs costs...
