On November 6, 2011, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was invited on Rex Murphy’s Cross Country Checkup to discuss whether Canada needs tougher crime laws. Brian was among three other critics who were asked to give their views. Other critics included MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, MP Jack Harris and the Executive Director of the John ...
DNA Modernization Missing from Government’s Crime Bill October 3, 2011, Ottawa, ON – Bill C-10, the government’s crime legislation, overlooks the opportunity to modernize laws regarding DNA forensic evidence. The bill therefore neglects one of the single most effective reforms that Ottawa could enact to solve and reduce the most serious violent offences according to ...
September 28, 2011 – In today’s National Post, new MLI Senior Fellow and Law Professor Benjamin Perrin discusses the criminal justice reforms included in the Safe Streets and Communities Act. He says, “While not perfect, the bill introduces numerous reforms that will improve our nation’s criminal justice system.” Article below: The government’s omnibus crime ...
September 19, 2011 – In his monthly column for The Hill Times, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley discusses the Canadian criminal justice system and proposed reforms. He says, “Canada must indeed be vigilant to avoid the excesses of the American justice system. The government has an obligation to justify its corrections policies in terms of the ...
September 13, 2011 – In today’s National Post, MLI author Scott Newark evaluates Canada’s corrections and parole systems in dealing with repeat offenders. The op-ed (below) is based on the latest instalment in MLI’s newest series, Straight Talk. Newark also appeared on a number of shows to discuss this topic. He appeared on CKOM’s John ...
September 13, 2011, Ottawa, ON – A disproportionately large volume of crime in this country is committed by a disproportionately small number of offenders. Dealing effectively with these repeat offenders is central to improving the public safety of Canadians according to the latest instalment in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s newest series, Straight Talk, in which crime-expert ...
August 2, 2011 – In today’s National Post, Scott Newark discusses StatsCan’s recently released report on 2010 crime data in Canada. In the article, “Let’s be honest about crime“, Newark examines the “crime is down” message in the report and highlights a number of improvements as well as areas that still require further information. On improvements to the report, ...
May 13, 2011 – Scott Newark’s analysis of the StatsCan 2009 police-reported crime statistics has sparked much debate since its release. More importantly, it is shedding some light on the analysis of crime data in hopes to create more accurate and relevant information for Canadians. Over the past week, Newark presented his findings at the Canadian ...
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) today released a Commentary, Myths and Urban Legends concerning Crime in Canada, written by Ian Lee, PhD, Associate Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business. Responding to the “angry and sustained response from criminologists” to MLI’s February study Why Canadian crime statistics do not add up: not the whole truth ...
By Brian Lee Crowley, National Post, February 28, 2011 Just how bad is crime in Canada… and how can we tell? Since our institute published Scott Newark’s paper on Canadian crime statistics, many critics, including John Moore (“Having fun with Numbers”, Feb. 23) have indignantly argued that there is a single objective reality about crime ...
