Sentencing in Canada

Index

• Preliminary sections
• Acknowledgements
• Introducing Sentencing in Canada
• Sentencing Options and Sentencing Trends
• Community-Based Sanctions
• Conditional Imprisonment: A Troubled Past and an Uncertain Future
• Informing the Court: The Use of Pre-sentence and Gladue Reports at Sentencing
• The Role of the Prosecutor at Sentencing
• The Role of Defence Counsel at Sentencing
• Hearing the Victim at Sentencing
• The Role of Appellate Courts in Sentencing
• Sentencing and Parole for Persons Convicted of Murder
• Sentence Administration and Parole
• Sentencing Indigenous Offenders: From Gladue to the Present and Beyond
• How Sentencing Reform Movements Affect Women
• Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders
• Dangerous and Long-Term Offenders
• Evaluating the Youth Sentencing Regime in Comparison with Adult Court
• Principles and Politics: Sentencing and Imprisonment Policy in Canada
• Proportionality and the Experience of Punishment
• Sentencing in Canada: Current Issues and Concluding Thoughts
• Reasons for Sentence
• Overview of Australia and New Zealand Legislative Provisions Relating to the Sentence Reductions for a Guilty Plea
• Example of a Typical Victim Impact Statement
• Contributors
• Table of cases
• Index
• Foreword