PAROLE IN CANADA - REPORT OF THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

• NCJ Number: 27421
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 293 pages
• Sale Source: Information Canada
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: French; English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

BASED ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, IN-DEPTH STUDIES, REVIEWS OF PAPERS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE, AND CONFERENCES ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THIS REPORT OUTLINES THE COMMITTEE'S PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CANADIAN PAROLE SYSTEM.

Abstract

THE COMMITTEE PROPOSED THAT PAROLE SUPERVISION, WHERE ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED AND CONTROL EXERCISED, SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY INTENSIFIED. THEY STATE THAT PAROLE MUST BE REDEFINED AS A BASIC COMPONENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND MUST BE ADMINISTERED IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER UNDER REGULATED CONDITIONS. AFTER PROVIDING AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE PAROLE PROCESS AND AN OUTLINE OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM, A REDEFINITION OF PAROLE IS OFFERED. THE COMMITTEE THEN OUTLINES PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUCH AREAS AS REMISSION, THE STRUCTURE OF PAROLE AUTHORITY, DISCRETIONARY PAROLE, 'MINIMUM' PAROLE AND TEMPORARY RELEASES, PAROLE SUPERVISION, AND TERMINATION RELEASES, PAROLE SUPERVISION, AND TERMINATION OF PAROLE. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE PAROLE AND NATIVE OFFENDERS, SPECIAL CASES SUCH AS DANGEROUS OFFENDERS, AND PAROLE STATISTICS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH