However, no study to date has tested these theories within Canada, a country in which such theories are quite plausible. This study begins to fill this void by assessing these theoretical claims using a pooled time series analysis of the variation in imprisonment rates across Canadian provinces ...
Nevertheless, community mental health services are often limited following release from prison, and reincarceration rates are high. The prevalence of mental disorders is growing among people who are incarcerated in British Columbia (BC), Canada, increasing the urgency of timely and accessible mental ...
When prohibition arrived in 1920, renowned Chicago gangsters such as Bugs Moran wreaked havoc and bootlegged liquor from Canada to sell across the country. While organized crime in the U.S. wasn’t formed as a result of prohibition, the alcohol ban helped solidify its influence, with Chic...
Since previous studies have found that crime rates vary by immigrant group there is a need to dis‐aggregate immigrants by country of birth in order to obtain a more accurate representation of the relationship between migrants and crime. This study examines data from six countries (Australia, ...
Illinois has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the county. 564 per 100,000 people are incarcerated in Illinois, according to the Prison Policy initiative. That is more than some countries. The UK, Canada, and France have lower incarceration rates than the State of Illinois. ...
The therapeutic community: Success and improvement rates 5 years after treatment The International Journal of the Addictions, 17 (4) (1982), pp. 703-747 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Debaere et al., 2014 V. Debaere, S. Vanheule, R. Inslegers Beyond the “black box” of the Ther...
the rate of intentional homicide in the US is 4.96 per 100,000 people. Putting Mexico aside, the next OECD country in the rankings is Chile with a rate of 4.4, followed by Turkey, at 2.59. Countries that are more our peers, the UK, France, Canada and Germany, all have rates of inte...
rates of inmates compared to those in the general population. Studies have shown that the mortality gap narrows for some populations, in incarceration settings demonstrating the importance of routinized healthcare provision. African American inmates’ rate of mortality is lower compared to the general...
HIV hit prisons early and it hit them hard. The rates of HIV infection among prisoners in many countries are significantly higher than those in the general population. Coincident with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, many countries have been experiencing a significant increase in the incarcerated population,...
In the late-nineteenth century, Australia had the highest incarceration rate of these nations. Today, the United States has the highest rate. With the exception of Canada, incarceration rates have risen markedly since the mid-1980s. These new series are made available in full, to allow other ...