Justice committee  I'm not aware of any particular judge who has said that incarceration should be the norm. I think they are dealing with it on a case-by-case basis. If you want to talk about generalization—

Justice committee  I'm aware that the pattern of sentencing has gone toward incarceration fairly steadily, yes.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  I don't feel that the addition of saying that the judge can make the conditions explicit is necessarily in concert with the previous statement in that clause, which says that they're not to be using it for any reason whatsoever, except when a judge says they can. The previous cl

Justice committee  Absolutely, and not just sexual offenders, but offenders more broadly. Canadian programs in cognitive skills development and in various other programs are very widely recognized around the world by other countries that are emulating and trying to copy that model. Unfortunately, t

Justice committee  I am not a lawyer. I have a Ph.D. in sociology and I'm a professor of criminology.

Justice committee  That's correct. I've been working and doing research for 10 years.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  I believe so. I saw it when they announced it. I'm not privy to the numbers.

Justice committee  Corrections Canada provides some funding, and there was some funding from the National Crime Prevention Centre.

Justice committee  Correct.

Justice committee  I would say that's correct.

Justice committee  There are several different reasons why a court might decide to use prison as a sentence. One is for its denunciatory effect. It has long been thought that if the public--

Justice committee  The CCJA is one of the longest-standing non-governmental organizations of professionals and individuals who are interested in criminal justice issues. The CCJA was founded in 1919. We have actually testified before both Houses at committees on numerous occasions in the past. I've