Parent Help Line: Helping children by helping their parents
by Roush, Melanie
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 12-13. In May 2000 a nationwide service was inaugurated in Canada to provide phone counseling and Internet service for parents and caregivers. It is called Parent Help Line. The service is predicated on the notion that...
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Truth and lies–Implications for the RCMP’s youth priority
by Richter, Holly
June 4, 2015
Source: (2003) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 10-11. Holly Richter argues in this article for the importance of true information in developing social policy decisions. In this regard, she decries impressions conveyed by the media that youth crime is rampant in...
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Youth Criminal Justice Act may replace Y.O.A
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 17. In this article, Lenore Richards reports on the substance and status of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Canada – a bill still in parliamentary committee at the time of writing. The bill, intended to...
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Restorative justice and the RCMP: Definitions and directions
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (5/6): 8-11. In examining restorative justice in relation to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Lenore Richards maintains that formal or retributive justice focuses on the apprehension, conviction, and sentencing of the...
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“Say Neigh to Drugs” campaign attracts U.S. Mounted Police
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 35-36. As part of its strategic aim of preventing youth offending and factors that increase risks of youth offending, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seek creative ways of reaching out to young people. A recent...
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New program joins Musical Ride Section and youth at risk
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (5/6): 12-13. As part of the youth strategy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Musical Ride targets youth at risk to assist them in making positive life choices that steer them away from the directions of juvenile...
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An interview with Dorothy Ahlgren Franklin, OIC National Youth Strategy
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 6-8. Dorothy Ahlgren Franklin is the Officer in Charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police National Youth Strategy. This article presents her answers to questions put to her by Lenore Richards. After talking about her...
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Aboriginal Shield: Drug awareness program cuts across cultural boundaries.
by Richards, Lenore
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 25-26. Lenore Richards observes that police need to build partnerships with community organizations and individuals to respond effectively in many areas, including drug awareness and prevention among young people. The...
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Sustaining and shaping restorative justice in Canada.
by Royal Canadian Mounted Police
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Subject title and focus of vol. 62 (5/6) of Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication. This issue of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s publication Gazette contains a variety of articles focused on shaping and sustaining restorative justice in Canada. As a new...
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The RCMP Youth Strategy: Making kids a national priority
by Royal Canadian Mounted Police
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Subject title and focus of vol. 62 (4) of Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication. This issue of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s publication Gazette contains a variety of articles focused on prevention of youth crime and victimization. The perceptions of...
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RCMP First Nations Community Policing Service
by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Ottawa: Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services. The First Nations Policing Policy, announced by the Canadian government in 1991, provides First Nations communities with greater control over the delivery and management of policing...
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Community Justice Forum facilitator’s guide to the RCMP learning map.
by Royal Canadian Mounted Police
June 4, 2015
Source: Ottawa: Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services. While the Community Justice Forum is not the only possible restorative response to conflict, it is a significant component in the restorative justice and community policing emphases of the...
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“I don’t know what God’s justice is for me… I do know that God is faithful….”
by Radunsky, Pam
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (Winter): 5. Pam Radunsky is a board director with the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (based in Ottawa, Ontario). She is also a co-victim of crime – her sister, Kristen French, was murdered in 1992. In 2001...
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Good, evil, Ground Zero- Continuing conversation on justice.
by Prashaw, Rick
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Update: The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (Winter): 1-2. At mid summer in 2001, the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (based in Ottawa, Ontario) held its Annual General Meeting to discuss God’s justice and religious reasons for punishment. Later that...
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Project Turnaround opens eyes and wins support.
by Pal, Judy
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Gazette: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication 62 (4): 34-35. As Judy Pal describes it in this article, many in the police are frustrated as they see children turn into young people and adults at odds with the criminal justice system. Seeking preventive measures seems an...
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