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Community Perceptions of Mainline Needle Exchange: A Qualitative Study
(2015-05-29)Community resistance to syringe exchange programs (SEPs) across Canada and the United States and severely limits the efficacy of SEPs as a harm reduction strategy. Based on interviews with residents and community leaders ... -
COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF POLICING AND JUSTICE ISSUES: A SURVEY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE UNAMA'KI TRIBAL POLICE
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1999-07)This needs assessment was directed at obtaining information on the needs and views of community residents with respect to matters relevant to the policing service; these matters include perceptions of crime levels in the ... -
Competing Against Stereotypes: The Female Athlete Experience
(2015-05-29)This study examines the experiences of female varsity athletes related to gender stereotypes in the realm of sports. Dominant literature within the discipline of sports sociology recognizes the early distinction between ... -
Connecting Anonymously: How Recovery is Represented Online
(2016-04)This study explores how an online forum is used in recovery from addictive substance use. By doing a content analysis of the forum REDDITORSINRECOVERY, online supports were found to be helpful in providing a space to ... -
Connecting Through Faith: An Analysis of Dalhousie and Kings Religious Societies
(2023-05)In Canadian society today, there is a growing problem of university dropouts and deteriorating mental health conditions in university students with a leading cause being loneliness. This qualitative sociological study ... -
Contemporary Apparitions: Ghost Stories as Personal Narratives
(2024-05)Storytelling, an integral part of the human experience, encompasses a diverse range of narratives, with ghost stories standing out as a near-universal phenomenon. While anthropologists and folklorists have long been ... -
Contemporary Settler Colonialism: Media framing of Indigenous collective action in Elsipogtog, Mi’kma’ki
(2015-06-01)Contemporary settler colonialism depends on resource development, and is supported by the socially reproductive structure, media. I analyze a particular event that took place in Elsipogtog in the summer of 2013, where ... -
The Crime Challenge for Inuit Justice in Labrador
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Crime Prevention and Youth Case Processing: Where and How to Invest and Intervene
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2010-12)The evaluation assessment has been fully summarized in seventeen points on pages 57 to 59 of this report. Essentially the John Howard Society and its restorative justice agency initially had a broad set of objectives for ... -
Crown Cautions and Pre-charge Screening in Nova Scotia: An Evaluation of Pilot Projects in Youth Justice
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2002-08-08) -
Developing an Effective Victims' Assistance Program in an Aboriginal Milieu Featuring High Levels of Person-Violence
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The Development of an Aboriginal Criminal Justice System: The Case of Elsipogtog
(2013)This paper focuses on the development of a comprehensive community-based Aboriginal criminal justice system in Elsipogtog New Brunswick, the apex of which has been its Healing to Wellness court (H-W) which became operational ... -
Directions in Mi'kmaq Justice: An Evaluation of the Mi'kmaq Justice System and its Aftermath
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2001)This study was occasioned by the unexpected suspension of operations of the Mi'kmaq Justice Institute (MJI). The MJI, centred in the native court worker program (NCWP) but evolving into an umbrella organization for a variety ... -
Directions in Mi'kmaq Justice: Notes on Assessments of the Mi'kmaq Legal Support Network
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Directions in Mi'kmaq Justice: Notes on the Assessment of the Mi'kmaq Legal Support Network
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2006-10)This assessment of future directions in Mi’kmaq justice builds on the research published in 2001 by Clairmont and McMillan. The assessment began in January 2006 and was completed in November 2006. -
Discrimination in Sentencing: Patterns of Sentencing for Assault Convictions: Using section 245 (now 266) and 246 (now 270) (assault) of the Criminal Code
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1989-01)This research has focused on the issue of sentencing in the case of males convicted of assault. -
Duty Counsel and the Unrepresented Defendants in the NS Criminal Court
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Dying Professions: Exploring Emotion Management Among Doctors and Funeral Directors
(2017-04)There are few more emotive experiences in life than death. Drawing on Arlie Hochschild’s concept of emotional labour, this study compares the emotional responsibilities of two groups of death professionals: doctors and ... -
The Early Resolution Project: An Assessment of its Implementation, Impact and Future Directions In Halifax Regional Municipality
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2009)