NCJ Number
211871
Journal
Justice Report Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Dated: Fall 2005 Pages: 45-48
Date Published
2005
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article briefly describes various provisions under the Canadian Criminal Code and Canadian legislature and issued by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada to assist law enforcement in providing public safety against those offenders released from CSC who continue to pose a threat to the public.
Abstract
When an offender, released from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) after reaching their Warrant Expiry Date, is still considered to pose a threat to the public, the CSC attempts to provide the police with all pertinent information under its control and relevant to that perceived threat. This article presents and briefly describes fact sheets issued by the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada maintaining provisions related to offenders released at Warrant Expiry Date. A Warrant Expiry Date (WED) is the date a criminal sentence officially ends, as imposed by the courts at the time of sentencing. Approximately 4,500 offenders reach their WED each year. The fact sheets discuss the Dangerous Offender provision of the Criminal Code which is intended to protect all Canadians from dangerous violent and sexual predators within the country. In addition, the Long-term Offender (LTO) designation created in 1997 targeting sexual offenders is presented. This legislation was developed due to concerns that many sexual and violent offenders required special attention and did not meet the criteria for a Dangerous Offender.