Review of the Detention Provisions of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act

*The John Howard Society of Canada*

*Review of the Detention Provisions of the CCRA 1998*

Table of Contents

1.	Executive Summary
2.	The Role of Law in Addressing the Issue of Dangerous Offenders
3.	Background to the Detention Provisions
4.	Key Questions to Consider
	i.	What has been the pattern of use with detention?
	ii.	Have the correct people been identified for detention?
	iii.	Could significantly better results be achieved through amendments to the Act or in practices relating to detention?
	iv.	Have the benefits of detention been seriously undermined by the costs of the provisions?
5.	Conclusion
6.	Recommendation
7.	The John Howard Society of Canada