SOCI 2450 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 Stats Canada.docx
19 Feb 2014
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He has worked as a federal parole officer and for statistics canada. His main focus has been to focus on justice and crime statistics. Crime and justice in canada: thinking about the data. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics (popularized by mark. Twain, but the exact origin of the phrase is unknown). Statistics have the power to mislead as well as to inform. Judgment, an open mind and a critical eye are essential tools in a modern world where statistic are within everyone"s reach but not within everyone"s grasp. The canadian centre for justice statistics is a division of statistics canada. The data collection is governed by the statistics act and statistics canada policies and procedures. Confidentiality is paramount and protected under the statistics act and. Once the statistics are received they are confidential (even though they are publically available on the website). Ccjs is the operating arm of the national justice statistics initiative (njsi).
