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Public Safety committee In the RCMP, I think we go back to what the registry's intended to do. Predicting which sex offender will recidivate and which will not is very difficult. We have seen cases of people who have been assessed as high risks and did not offend and cases of people who have been assessed as low risks and did go on to commit serious offences.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee We'd like to see a number of changes. The most important is the option of using the data base to prevent crime.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee Exactly.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp. Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee Whether or not the objectives have been met depends on what our measures of success are. Our mission is to first collect and house current and reliable data. To the extent that we can under the legislation, which is very restrictive as to what administrative data elements we can enter on the database, we have done so.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee I can speak to the national system, sir. We have not helped solve any crime where the offender was unknown. There has been a handful of cases where the offender/suspect was already known by the investigating body and we provided updated data, such as an updated photograph or address, which advanced the investigation.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee Thank you. A number of research projects have been undertaken by academia on the risks of recidivism by sex offenders. Actually, Canada is recognized as a leader in this field. The ranges for reoffending really vary. In some cases, it's 13% for all types of sex offenders. For others, the risk of recidivism is up to 52% and 60%.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee Thank you for this opportunity to answer your questions concerning the National Sex Offender Registry and to discuss this very important program. The RCMP view a proper and robust registry as an enhancement to public safety and look forward not only to the government’s continued support of this program, but welcome much needed efforts to strengthen it.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Insp Pierre Nezan
Public Safety committee Good morning. I'm the inspector for the RCMP in charge of the national sex offender registry and the criminal profiling programs. I've been in that position for about 16 months.
April 21st, 2009Committee meeting
Inspector Pierre Nezan