NCJ Number
183095
Journal
Forum on Corrections Research Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2000 Pages: 45-47
Editor(s)
Larry Motiuk Ph.D.
Date Published
2000
Length
3 pages
Annotation
The Research Branch of the Correctional Service of Canada was given the task of compiling an inventory of adult and youth institutional and community programs in Federal, provincial, and territorial correctional jurisdictions.
Abstract
A program was defined as any intervention systematically applied to offenders with the expectation that it would reduce recidivism. In other words, programs of interest were those targeting needs that were linked to criminal behavior by an offender. All correctional jurisdictions were asked to complete a treatment survey of a best practices survey for each correctional program that fit the preceding description of a program. As of November 1999, 586 surveys from 10 jurisdictions were received. Survey findings identified 23 Aboriginal-specific programs, including 13 Federal and 10 provincial programs. Provincial jurisdictions in which Aboriginal offenders were most overrepresented in the correctional system offered Aboriginal-specific programs. At the Federal level, most Aboriginal programs were offered in the Prairie Region. Further analysis is recommended to provide insights on the extent to which correctional agencies provide Aboriginal-specific programs in their jurisdictions. 3 footnotes and 1 table