Canadian Psychological Association Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill C-10: Safe Streets and Communities Act
The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) has convened a special task force of forensic and correctional psychologists charged with reviewing and summarizing research into the determinants of criminal behavior and “what works” in the treatment of offenders. The paper focuses on key aspects of the legislation. These include;
- proposed amendments to the Criminal Code that introduce or increase mandatory minimum sentences, increase sentences lengths for some crimes, and add restrictions to conditional release,
- legislation about sexual offenders and sexual offenses involving children, and
- effective methods, or “what works”, to reduce crime – as will be further detailed in this paper, the overwhelming consensus of the literature is that treatment works whereas incarceration does not.
Letter Writing Campaign
CPA, as a member of the Canadian Consortium of Research (CCR), encourages you to contact your MP to let them know about the importance of research and research funding to Canada. Click here to send a letter to your MP.
Election 2011 - Speak out for Psychology
Election 2011 – Speak out for Psychology. We have created and resourced this page to support the participation of the psychological community in federal election 2011.
Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the Mental Health Table (an Initiative of the CPA)
An alliance on how to address the stigma of mental health disorders within health care environments.
Find out more about the MHCC Anti-Stigma Initiative by clicking here.
For more information on the Mental Health Table, click here.
The Federal Healthcare Partnership
An initiative of the federal government aimed at increasing its health human resource across 7 federal departments. Psychologists are actively being recruited.
A symposium took place during the CPA Convention in June 2010. For more information on CPA's Convention, click here.
For more information on the Federal Healthcare Partnership, click here.