Criminal law in Canada : cases, questions and the code / by Verdun-Jones, Simon N. (Simon Nicholas), 1947-

The need for a Canadian Criminal Code offence of coercive control by Crystal J Giesbrecht

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The Right to Die: Legalizing Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada by Noushon Farmanara

“… Permitting medical assistance in dying has been a contentiously debated issue in Canada for decades. In June of 2016, the federal government passed legislation that amended the Criminal Code to permit eligible adults to request and receive medical assistance in dying (MAiD). …”
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A legal review of Section 121A of the Malaysian Penal Code: a proposed move towards amending the mandatory sentence of death / Anisa Fadhillah Mohamed Jamel … [et al.] by Mohamed Jamel, Anisa Fadhillah, Zahri, Nor Afiqah, Che Yusoff, Nur Farihah Izazi, Harun, Syahril Anuar

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The Criminal Law Aspects of the Massacre in the Area of Slatina on September 4th 1991 by Miljenko Brekalo

“…There is an indisputable fact that the domicile Serb extremists and terrorists, “Šešelj’s men”, “Arkan’s men”, the “White Eagles”, the YNA and other armed rebels and war criminals had committed a criminal offence against humanity, international humanitarian law and criminal offence against the Republic of Croatia, according to the then applicable legislation: the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, according to the Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, according to the General Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia. …”
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Helping boys at-risk of criminal activity: qualitative results of a multi-component intervention by Brennan Erin, Kenny Meghan, Lipman Ellen L, O'Grady Susanne, Augimeri Leena

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Media coverage of Canadian Veterans, with a focus on post traumatic stress disorder and suicide by Rob Whitley, Anne-Marie Saucier

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A study on the differences in legal practices in child abuse cases with examples from different countries by Murat Akbaba, Emre Yulug, Mustafa Ugur Sastim, Aysun Baransel Isir

“…This study aimed to address necessary measures to minimize this problem by discussing the data and laws regarding sex crimes against children in five countries.The study reviewed scientific data on sex crimes against children in India, Canada, the Netherlands, UK and Turkey and the relevant penal codes in these countries, and compared the respective articles and practices. …”
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Regard sur l’interaction de l’urbanisation, du traumatisme historique et de l’identité culturelle parmi la jeunesse autochtone au Canada by Elizabeth Fast, Jennifer Nutton, Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Anna Kozlowski, Nahka Bertrand, Swaneige Bertrand, Jennifer Mitchell

“…It is a consequence of historical trauma – a culmination of losses suffered by Indigenous peoples in Canada as a result of colonialism that has manifested as trauma symptoms such as higher rates of addiction, mental health problems, and family violence (Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. …”
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Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study by Koharu Loulou Chayama, Cara Ng, Taylor Fleming, Will Small, Kimberly L. Sue, Ryan McNeil

“…Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded. Salient themes were identified using inductive and deductive approaches. …”
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Free to Die: A Lutheran-Relational Approach to Medical Assistance in Dying by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

“…In 2016, Canada legalized Bill C-14, which removed from the Criminal Code medical assistance in dying (MAID) under certain circumstances. …”
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Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations by Andrea Mellor, Cecilia Benoit

“…We interviewed 10 leaders from seven sex worker organizations (SWOs) across Canada who reported a diversity among their clientele that is rarely captured in the extant literature and absent from the current Canadian criminal code. …”
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WARMING UP THE “CHILLING EFFECT”: A COMMENT ON THE MOTIVE CLAUSE DISCUSSIONS IN R V KHAWAJA (2010) AND R V KHAWAJA (2012) by J.L. Savarese

“…Other scholars critiqued aspects of Canada‟s anti-terrorism response, including the incorporation of a motive clause into the Criminal Code sections prohibiting terrorist offences. …”
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A legal study on the crime of infanticide in Malaysia / Ungku Masmera Ungku Farouk ...[et al.] by Ungku Farouk, Ungku Masmera, Zainuddin, Nur Hidayah, Mustafa, Nur Ajeerah, Azmi, Nor Hamiza

“…Besides that, most of the countries have their own laws regarding the offence of infanticide, for example, the Infanticide Act 1938 in United Kingdom, and in Canada the provisions regarding this offence are available in the Criminal Code of Canada. …”
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WHEN DISCIPLINES COLLIDE: POLYGAMY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ON TRIAL by Jodi Lazare

“…This article draws on the Supreme Court of British Columbia’s Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada [the Polygamy Reference] as a concrete example of the benefits and limitations of intense judicial reliance on social science evidence in the adjudication of constitutional rights and freedoms at the trial level. …”
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Jordan Peterson and the (F)law of ‘Scientific Inquiry' by David Guignion

“… This article explores Jordan Peterson’s political project in response to Canada’s legislation of Bill C-16, a bill seeking to add gender expression to the list of grounds for discrimination under the criminal code. …”
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Predicting Escalation by Jordan Arnold

“… An argument can be made that hateful rhetoric and group versus group conflict has increased in Canada in part due to the lack of identification in the Criminal Code of identity-based soft violence, thereby inadvertently providing perpetrators with the incentive to continue with their activities unpunished (Meyers, 2019). …”
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Our Right to Share, Their Right to Know: An Analysis of Public Interest Defense to Defamation by Kezia Ezekiel

“…This study aimed to analyze Indonesia’s defamation laws, especially in public interest defense under Article 310(3) of the Indonesian Criminal Code. However, the interpretation for public interest as a crime abolition is unclear, resulting in various courts' decisions that lead to criminalizing internet users. …”
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Police‐initiated diversion for youth to prevent future delinquent behavior: a systematic review by David B. Wilson, Iain Brennan, Ajima Olaghere

“…There were 19 independent evaluations across the 14 primary documents coded for this review. From this, we coded 67 effect sizes of delinquent behavior post diversion across 31 diversion‐traditional processing comparisons. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment

“…The 2016 presidential election did not use coded racist messages but was more overt and directly inflammatory and divisive, seemingly intentionally leveraging racial anxieties and fears to mobilize voters. …”
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