Justice committee  I said in some cases. Exactly. That's what I said. In some cases, that would be a better option.

Justice committee  Since we're into anecdotal evidence and not hard evidence today, let me take an anecdotal story of my own. In practice, I'm working with somebody who has committed incest. The entire family, including the extended family, has sat down with me around the kitchen table, wondering a

Justice committee  What I'm saying is that we need to leave that decision to the judiciary, to the judge, who can make those kinds of decisions.

Justice committee  If I may, Mr. Ménard, you'd have to wait a few more years to see what the results of those would be. Introducing a law in 2005, and then trying to see whether it worked five years later, is probably not going to produce that result. I think we have to therefore rely on other juri

Justice committee  There are currently 162 circles in Canada, across the country. Circles are started when a person leaves prison and finishes their sentence if they are identified as sexual offenders at high risk to reoffend. We work closely with the correctional agencies to know who these people

Justice committee  I do some work with the Mennonite Central Committee.

Justice committee  At the provincial level, in the community, while people are under sentence they're usually required, as a condition of their probation order and sometimes as a condition of their 810 order, to report and take treatment as directed by the probation officer. Forensic clinics in mos

Justice committee  I know that the bill says we want to deliver a message to Canadians that we take the sexual assault of children seriously. For goodness' sake, can anybody in this room tell me that there are people in Canada who don't take the sexual assault of children seriously? We simply do no

Justice committee  Certainly, sir. I have in my hands “Sex Offender Treatment Outcome Research”, from the research division of the Correctional Service of Canada. It shows significant reductions in sexual recidivism, violent recidivism, and any kind of criminal activity following treatment for sex

Justice committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and committee members. I am Andrew McWhinnie. I hold a master's degree in psychology with an emphasis on the psychology of criminal conduct. About one-third of my private practice is with men who have come into conflict with the law as a r