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- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
Aboriginal peoples and the justice system : Report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Justice Issues
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2905
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- E 78 C2 N37 1993b check
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Canada Communication Group
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Physical_Description
- viii, 510 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cat. No. Z1-1991/1-11-2E
- Added Entry
- Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- Report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Justice Issues
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Criminal justice system
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Politics and government
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration - Manitoba
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
- ISBN
- 0-660-14932-X
- Call Number
- E 78 C2 N37 1993b check
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Answer to violence is not more violence
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article19491
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1995 November
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 9
- Page
- 10
- Notes
- Editorial re-affirming the Anglican Church of Canada's 1987 pastoral letter rejecting capital punishment in which Canadian bishops "said an answer to violence is not more violence. 'An answer which destroys human life cannot enhance the respect for, and quality of, life in our society'." Earlier this year, "Bishop Edmund Browning, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, said he was sickened by the ease in which capital punishment had been reinstated in his home state of New York -- the 38th state to adopt the death penalty this year". "Warning against a new vindictiveness in society, the bishop referred to a vehement desire to punish, a draining away of what he called the commitment to hope upon which has rested the philosophy of rehabilitative confinement that has informed the American penal system for more than 30 years".
- Subjects
- Capital punishment - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Capital punishment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - United States
- Punishment - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Punishment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Bridging the cultural divide : a report on aboriginal people and criminal justice in Canada
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog5369
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- Publication Date
- c1996
- Physical_Description
- xii, 315 p. : illus.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Issued also in French under the title: Par-dela les divisions culturelles: un rapport sur les autochtones et la justice penale au Canada.
- Cat. no. Z1-1991/41-8F.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents: Preface signed by Co-chairs Rene Dussault and Georges Erasmus -- Introduction -- Aboriginal Concepts of Law and Justice: The Historical Realities -- Current Realities -- Current Aboriginal Justice Initiatives -- Creating Conceptual and Constitutional Space for Aboriginal Justice Systems -- Reforming the Existing Justice System -- Summary of Major Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations.
- Added Entry
- Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- Erasmus, Georges (Georges Henry), 1948-
- Dussault, Rene, 1939-
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Indigenous policing - Canada
- ISBN
- 0-660-16283-0
- Call Number
- E 78 C2 B73 1995
- Location
- OTCH
[Brief on Imprisonment From Anglican Church Social Service Department]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5348
- Date
- 1967 August 3
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Greater use of parole and the erasing of past criminal records after a specified period of successful rehabilitation are recommended in a brief prepared by the Anglican Church of Canada to the federal government's Canadian Committee on Corrections.
- It states that imprisonment is being used excessively and inappropriate use is being made of existing prisons in relation to the philosophy of respect for the dignity and worth of all men and women.
- A primary problem in that prison industries do not provide useful work for pay and are not related to the kind of work obtainable in society, it states.
- The brief, submitted by the church's social service department, was prepared by men and women from Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, London and Winnipeg. It will be reported to the church's national synod which meets in Ottawa, August 22-31.
- Present practices of arrest, jail and bail discriminate against the poor, the brief states. Release from custody pending trial should be based on character rather than financial considerations. It says professional bondsmen should not be recognized in Canada. It suggests some social problems such as chronic petty offences, vagrancy, suicide, alcoholism and drug addiction be removed from the criminal code and dealt with by appropriate health and welfare authorities.
- Provision for legal counsel for those unable to pay for it should be the responsibility of the public purse, the brief states. It recommends again the abolition of the lash and paddle and capital punishment.
- The Anglican Church also passed a resolution in support of the abolition of capital punishment in 1958. Two years ago it published a booklet "The Death Penalty," an argument in favor of abolition, which was mailed to members of parliament before the free vote in the House of Commons.
- "The entire correctional process should be governed by the Judaeo-Christian philosophy of unfailing respect for the dignity and worth of each human being, of concern for those who have offended and of constant hope for change and moral and spiritual growth in man. The embodiment of such a philosophy in a program of action requires flexibility in the system and provision for continuing evaluation," the committee said.
- Freedom, encouragement and resources should be provided both prison staff and those outside the system to undertake research and experimentation, the report recommends.
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- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Prisons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
Correspondence - Justice and Corrections
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1590
- Date
- 1991 November 4-10
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop Bays
- Seconder
- Bishop Hannen
- Prologue
- That action be taken on the correspondence as follows:
- Text
- That this invitation be referred to the Agenda Committee with the recommendation that a continuing education event be planned for the Fall, 1994 meeting of the House, and that this meeting should take place in Prince Albert, Sask. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Bishops - Education (Continuing education)
Council for Social Service - Penal Reform
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5904
- Date
- 1934 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Archbishop of Ottawa
- Seconder
- Magistrate Jones
- Prologue
- In 1933 various articles appeared in the daily papers asking for an investigation of conditions in the penitentiaries and citing various abuses. The matter was taken up by the late General Secretary, who carried on correspondence with the various chaplains, with the Prisoners' Aid and Welfare Association in Montreal and interviewed personally several discharged prisoners in an endeavour to get some information on the subject. The late Canon Vernon headed a delegation from the Social Service Council of Canada to wait on the Premier and the Minister of Justice with recommendations on penal reform. He obtained permission from the Minister of Justice to visit the various penitentiaries in the autumn of 1933. At the last annual meeting of the Council for Social Service the following resolutions were passed:
- 1. There ought to be a thorough investigation and study by an independent and representative commission of all our penal and reformatory institutions, whether dominion, provincial or local, and of the entire system of dealing with delinquents and criminals.
- 2. Careful consideration should be given to the findings of the Royal Commission of 1914, and of the committee of 1921.
- 3. That the English Adult Probation System, and the so-called Borstal System, should be carefully considered with a view to their adoption in Canada.
- 4. And that copies of the foregoing recommendations be sent to the Premier of the Dominion, and the Minister of Justice, to the Premier and attorney-generals of the various provinces, to the Social Service Council of Canada, and to the Canadian Prisoners' Welfare Association.
- We understand that conditions have improved very much in the last year, and various reforms have been instituted. The restrictions that formerly hampered the chaplains in the discharge of their duties have been lessened, and it is felt that in future a greater effort will be made to help the men to get such training and education, both mental and spiritual, while they are in the penitentiary, that will enable them to re-establish themselves when they are released.
- Text
- That in the tenth and following lines all the words following "1933" down to and including "Welfare Association" be not printed in the published Report. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Prisons - Canada
- Prisons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Chaplains, Prison - Anglican Church of Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile detention homes - Canada
Council for Social Service - Penal Reform
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5905
- Date
- 1934 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Magistrate J.E. Jones
- Seconder
- Archbishop of Ottawa
- Text
- That the Parliament of Canada be urged to put into effect in Canada a system of dealing with persons convicted of crime between the ages of 16 and 21 similar, so far as circumstances may warrant, to that known in England as the Borstal System, so that in dealing with young offenders proper segregation may be secured and the reformation of such offenders be facilitated; and that this Resolution be forwarded to the Social Service Council of Canada for action. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Juvenile detention homes - Canada
- Youth - Canada
Criminal Justice Committees
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official455
- Date
- 1986 June 14-22
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 42
- Mover
- Ven. R.W. Snelling
- Seconder
- Mr. R.W.P. Welch
- Prologue
- Moved by: Ven. D.I. Grant
- Seconded by: Canon R.K. Farrell
- That this General Synod, recognizing the magnitude of the issues pertaining to criminal justice in Canada and the important role of the Anglican Church in ministering to people affected by the Criminal Justice System, urges each diocese to form a Criminal Justice Committee as a way to further the Church's mission of justice for all people people affected by the administration of the criminal justice system in Canada.
- Amendment
- Moved by: Rt. Rev. J.S.P. Snowden
- Seconded by: Rev. J. Gillis
- That the words "form a Criminal Justice Committee as a way to further the" be deleted; and
- The words "take appropriate steps within its structures to demonstrate the" be inserted in their place.
- Amendment to the Amendment
- Text
- That the words "form a Criminal Justice Committee or" be added to the beginning of the insertion. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS
- The Amendment now reads:
- That the words "as a way to further the" be deleted; and
- The words "or take appropriate steps within its structures to demonstrate the" be inserted in their place.
- The Amendment was put and CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS
- The motion now reads:
- That this General Synod, recognizing the magnitude of the issues pertaining to criminal justice in Canada and the important role of the Anglican Church in ministering to people affected by the Criminal Justice System, urges each diocese to form a Criminal Justice Committee or take appropriate steps within its structures to demonstrate the Church's mission of justice for all people affected by the administration of the criminal justice system in Canada.
- The motion as amended was put and CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 42
- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Do monsters lurk in our own hearts ?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article37676
- Author
- Shore, Edith Blanche Clift, 1936-2015
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1995 October
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1995 October
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 8
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- The author, who is past president of the Church Council on Justice and Corrections, reflects on public response to the case of the "Turners of New Brunswick who were sentenced to 16 years in jail for their responsibility in the tragic death by starvation of their three-year-old son." She asks us to consider if our anger reflects our fear that we might also be capable of similar evil. "Our exposure to criminals and criminal behavior challenges us at the deepest level of our being, When Jesus ate with sinners and tax-collectors, people criticized. They asked the disciples, `Why does your teacher eat with sinners ?' They wondered if Jesus was a good person or not. The people in Miramichi, N.B., wondered the same thing about Rev. Wilfred Langmaid, who accompanied the Turners to the courtroom during their trial".
- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Langmaid, Wilfred (Wilfred Maxwell), 1960-
Do monsters lurk in our own hearts ?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article27535
- Author
- Shore, Edith B. Clift, 1936-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1995 October
- Author
- Shore, Edith B. Clift, 1936-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1995 October
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 8
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- The author, who is past president of the Church Council on Justice and Corrections, reflects on public response to the case of the "Turners of New Brunswick who were sentenced to 16 years in jail for their responsibility in the tragic death by starvation of their three-year-old son." She asks us to consider if our anger reflects our fear that we might also be capable of similar evil. "Our exposure to criminals and criminal behavior challenges us at the deepest level of our being, When Jesus ate with sinners and tax-collectors, people criticized. They asked the disciples, `Why does your teacher eat with sinners ?' They wondered if Jesus was a good person or not. The people in Miramichi, N.B., wondered the same thing about Rev. Wilfred Langmaid, who accompanied the Turners to the courtroom during their trial".
- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Langmaid, Wilfred