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Enhancement of Canadian Data on the Abuse of Older Persons: An exploratory study
This public opinion research report presents the results of a review of scientific literature, individual interviews with Canadian and international researchers as well as... -
Legal Aid in Canada, 2020-21
This report provides national level statistics on revenues, expenditures, personnel, and caseloads from legal aid plans across Canada. Justice Canada has been producing the... -
Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and...
Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Bill C-40, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, to make consequential amendments to... -
Federal Child Support Tables – Nunavut
The federal child support tables set out the amount of monthly child support payments for each province on the basis of the annual income of the spouse ordered to pay child... -
JustFacts: Sentencing in Adult Criminal Courts in Canada in 2020–2021
This fact sheet is based on publicly available data from Statistics Canada. It examines data from 2020–2021 ─ the first year following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At... -
Research at a Glance: Community-Based Sentencing
Canadians are generally supportive of community-based sentencing; many feel that these sentences could have a number of positive impacts from reducing crime and increasing... -
Applying R v Gladue: The use of Gladue reports and principles
This study was undertaken by the Department of Justice Canada to better understand how Gladue reports are being prepared across the country and how they and Gladue principles... -
Infographic: Legal Aid in Canada 2021-22
The annual legal aid report presents data on legal aid delivery in Canada. This infographic presents trend data over five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 -
Indigenous Justice Program
The Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS), now known as the Indigenous Justice Program, supports community-based justice programs that offer alternatives to mainstream justice... -
HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law...
Purpose of the toolkit This toolkit was developed with input from family law and family violence experts from across Canada. It is designed to: Respond to research calling for a... -
Research at a glance: Youth Views on Collaborating to Support Individuals...
From 2016 to 2019, the Department of Justice Canada reached out to young Canadians for their views on justice issues. The youth selected for these youth engagement projects were... -
Understanding the Development and Impact of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs)
Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) and Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYACs) arose out of a need to reduce stress placed on child/youth victims during sexual abuse investigations.... -
Internal Audits 2011
The mandate of Justice Canada’s internal audit function is to help Justice Canada achieve its strategic outcomes by using a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and... -
Research at a Glance: Overrepresentation of Persons with Mental Health and...
Young people are highly aware of the relationship between mental health, addiction, and crime. Youth agree that the Criminal Justice System (CJS) must take a more active role to... -
Research at a Glance: Judicial Discretion and MMPs (Mandatory Minimum Penalties)
What we found: Young people noted that the most important factors judges should consider in fair and equitable sentencing are personal circumstances and history of the accused... -
Research at a Glance: Discretion in Sentencing
The majority of Canadians believe that judges should have at least some degree of discretion and flexibility when deciding a sentence. What we also found: The overwhelming... -
Internal Audits 2015
The mandate of Justice Canada’s internal audit function is to help Justice Canada achieve its strategic outcomes by using a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and... -
The Criminal Code of Canada
The Criminal Code is a federal law that includes definitions of most of the criminal offences that the Parliament of Canada has enacted. It is often updated as society evolves... -
JustFacts: Impaired Driving-Related Offences Subject to a Mandatory Minimum...
This fact sheet presents information on criminal court cases where the most serious offence in the case is an impaired driving-related offence subject to a mandatory minimum... -
JustFacts: Firearm-Related Offences Subject to a Mandatory Minimum Penalty,...
This fact sheet presents information on criminal court cases where the most serious offence in the case is a firearm-related offence subject to a mandatory minimum penalty...