INDG 298 Lecture Notes - Black Canadians, Drug Courts In The United States, Moosejaw

• School: U of S
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 298
• Professor: Allison Piché

Document Summary

American/canadian politicians don"t want to be considered soft on crime . Idea or appearance to make safer communities, to clean up the streets. Bill c 10: safe streets and communities act. Have implemented and tried many measures found in bill c10 and did not find significant results. Illimination of conditional sentences for minor crims. Strain an already overloaded system important to know where the money is going community sentences most cost effectively. Cost: per day / female /male within canada, most of the money goes to opportunity costs. Growth of prison as an industry (usa) The co operations that benefit from supplying the institutions. Usa is moving back towards making money off the prisoners. Brokers go back and forth between the prisons to find beds for prisoners. Recidivism: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or behaviour, Most often the measurement that program effectiveness is determined. If fewer inmates return to prison the program is considered successful.