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Treatment centres are specialized facilities treating offenders for sexual misconduct, substance abuse, anger management, and other issues. [ 1 ] Youth correctional facilities in Ontario are also called "secure custody facilities" and hold young people who were between 12 and 17 years of age at the time of offence.
The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the theoretical and scientific aspects of the study of crime and the practical problems of law enforcement, administration of justice and the treatment of offenders, particularly in the Canadian context.
McGuinty Government Closing Toronto Youth Assessment Centre Queen's Park — The McGuinty government today announced plans to close the Toronto Youth Assessment Centre by a target date of June 30. "I've visited the facility and it is totally unsuitable for youth in conflict with the law," said Monte Kwinter , Minister of Community Safety and ...
The Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC; French: Centre intégré d'évaluation du terrorisme) is an independent federal organization tasked with assessing threats of terrorism to Canada and Canadian interests abroad. It is the only federal organization with the specific responsibility of analyzing terrorism threats related to Canada.
Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the Journal of Law and Social Policy, and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. A variety of J.D. LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
Canada (AG) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Canadian law of sex work. [2] [3] The applicants, Terri-Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott, argued that Canada's prostitution laws were unconstitutional. [4]
Therapeutic Jurisprudence also has been applied in an effort to reframe the role of the lawyer.It envisions lawyers practicing with an ethic of care and heightened interpersonal skills, who value the psychological well being of their clients as well as their legal rights and interests, and to actively seek to prevent legal problems through creative drafting and problem-solving approaches.
The Toronto Courthouse is a major courthouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located behind Osgoode Hall at 361 University Avenue, north of Queen Street West. It is a branch of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and is mostly used for criminal trials, but also family law matters.