TY - JOUR
T1 - Ottawa to Adopt N.S. Method to Help Curtail Racism in Justice System
AU - Dugas, Maria
AU - Burke, David
N1 - David Burke, "Ottawa to Adopt N.S. Method to Help Curtail Racism in Justice System", CBC News (17 March 2023), online: < www.cbc.ca > [perma.cc/H6RT-5YQJ].
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The federal government is adopting a pioneering Nova Scotia program aimed at ensuring Black offenders receive a fair sentence in criminal court. Ottawa plans to spend a total of $8.2 million to fund reports called "impact of race and culture assessments" or IRCAs. The reports aim to help judges consider how systemic racism contributes to people's interactions with the justice system. The federal government made the announcement in its fall 2020 economic statement.
AB - The federal government is adopting a pioneering Nova Scotia program aimed at ensuring Black offenders receive a fair sentence in criminal court. Ottawa plans to spend a total of $8.2 million to fund reports called "impact of race and culture assessments" or IRCAs. The reports aim to help judges consider how systemic racism contributes to people's interactions with the justice system. The federal government made the announcement in its fall 2020 economic statement.
KW - Justice System
KW - Racism
KW - Sentencing
KW - Impact of Race and Culture Assessments
UR - https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/scholarly_works/1291
UR - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/culture-race-assessments-federal-justice-nova-scotia-1.5947196#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20is%20adopting,and%20culture%20assessments%22%20or%20IRCAs.
M3 - Article
JO - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
JF - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
ER -