The Changing Face of Conditional Sentencing

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
• 1. The Punitive Nature of the Conditional Sentence
• 2. The Conditional Sentence: A Canadian Approach to Sentencing Reform or, Doing the Time-Warp, Again
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The pragmatic approach of the supreme court
  • 2.3 The current law as interpreted by the supreme court
  • 2.4 The companion cases
  • 2.5 Conditional sentences, s.718.2(E) and aboriginal offenders
  • 2.6 Understanding the breach mechanism
  • 2.7 Framing sentencing policy as reflected by Proulx
• 3. Conditional Sentences, Restorative Justice, Net-widening and Aboriginal Offenders
  • 3.1 Net widening
  • 3.2 Serious crimes: proportionality, deterrence and denunciation
  • 3.3 Restorative justice
  • 3.4 Aboriginal offenders
• 4. Discovering the Sphinx: Conditional Sentencing After the Supreme Court Judgement in R. V. Proulx
  • 4.1 The nature of conditional sentence
  • 4.2 Changes to the practice of conditional sentencing
  • 4.3 Relationship between duration, conditions and response to unjustified breach
  • 4.4 Effets of the Proulx judgment on the number of conditional sentences imposed
  • 4.5 Conditional sentencing and public opinion
  • 4.6 Transforming the penal landscape
• 5. Supreme Court of Canada Speaks on Conditional Sentences
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The supreme court speaks
  • 5.3 The foreshadowing
  • 5.4 The "Big Five" cases
  • 5.5 The epilogue
  • 5.6 To be continued...
• 6. The Changing Face of Conditional Sentencing: Sentencing as Seen From the Front Lines
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Discussion
  • 6.3 Conclusion
• 7. Appellate Review of Sentencing
• 8. An Empirical Analysis of Conditional Sentensing in British Columbia
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Findings
  • 8.3 Discussion
  • 8.4 Conclusions
• Table I: CSO by category of offence
• Table II: CSO Length x Offence
• Table III: CSO and probation conditions imposed - Vancouver
• Table IV: Number and Type of Known Breaches - All Locations
• Table V: Specific Conditions Breached - Vancouver
• Table VI: Judicial Response - All Locations

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