Status of Knowledge in Canada (From Politiques de Prevention de la Delinquance. A l'Aune de la Recherche, P 81-98, 1991, Philippe Robert, ed. See NCJ-137844)

• NCJ Number: 137849
• Author(s): J-P Brodeur
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 18 pages
• Sale Source: Editions L'Harmattan
• Publication Type: Presentation
• Language: French
• Country: France

Annotation

This survey examines Canadian criminological research in the following subject areas: drug abuse prevention; juvenile delinquency prevention; prevention of recidivism on the local level; community-based crime prevention; and the interrelation of insecurity, delinquency, and media presentation.

Abstract

Main research on drug abuse prevention falls into three categories: legalizing of drugs, legal and ethical limitations of intervening with drug addicts, and various preventive approaches which reflect the general lack of consensus in the Canadian population. Numerous research articles on juvenile delinquency focus on the effectiveness of juvenile rehabilitation and the new Young Offenders Act. Community-based efforts to prevent recidivism remain in a planning stage; presumably scientific research will emerge as these programs are put into practice. In community-based crime prevention, research has focused on the two main approaches practiced in Canada: neighborhood watches and community policing. Several major works dealing with the relation between the media and crime explore such topics as the influence of the media on crime, the role of the media in crime prevention, and the feelings of insecurity generated in the population by the media. The article includes three pages of references.