How the Canadian sentencing system impacts policy reform
An examination of the Harper era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Puddister (0000-0002-1677-1147, Department of Political Science University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-169 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lapo.12163 |
| OpenAlex | W3157364855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
During the Harper era (2006–2015), the Canadian government actively pursued criminal justice policy reform. Many of its efforts focused on reforming the Canadian sentencing regime by increasing the severity of penalties, including expanding mandatory minimums. Yet, Canada's rate of incarceration remains stable. The inconsistency between the considerable focus on sentencing policy by the Harper government and the lack of significant change in incarceration rates merits further scrutiny. This contrast between policy effort and policy impact also presents an opportunity to examine how the context of criminal justice policy in Canada influences the nature of policy reform. Taking up this focus, this article articulates the context of Canadian criminal justice policy and considers how this context shapes the policymaking process and policy reform
Context (archaeology · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Government (linguistics · Policy analysis · Political science · Reform Act · Scrutiny · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Administration
Why is There So Little Criminal Justice Theory? Neglected Macro- and Micro-Level Links between Organization and Power
Prisoners of Politics
Institutionalism and Public Policy
Governing Through Crime
The Principal-Agent Approach to Politics
Criminology, Mandatory Minimums, and Public Policy
Straddling the divide
US punitiveness ‘Canadian style’? Cultural values and Canadian punishment policy
Criminal Justice Policy during the Harper Era
Criminal Justice Policy under Mulroney, 1984-90
Victim impact statements at sentencing
Weathering the Storm? Testing Long-Standing Canadian Sentencing Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Interorganizational Utility of Welfare Stigma in the Criminal Justice System
Sentencing in Context
Living in the Shadow of Prison
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Strong States and Weak States
Taking the Law Into Our Own Hands
Modeling Discretion in American Sentencing Systems
Introduction to Models of Sentencing Reform in the United States
US Criminal Justice Policy and Practice in the Twenty‐First Century
Determinants of Penal Policies
Ideas, institutions, and policy change
The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders
The End of an Era? Understanding the Contradictions of Criminal Justice Reform
Countering Punitiveness
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |