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Tammy C. Landau
Researcher at Ryerson University
Publications - 5
Citations - 47
Tammy C. Landau is an academic researcher from Ryerson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Justice (ethics) & Discretion. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 46 citations.
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Women's Experiences with Mandatory Charging for Wife Assault in Ontario, Canada: A Case Against the Prosecution
TL;DR: This paper conducted interviews with 94 women whose male partners had been charged with assaulting them and found that women did not equate calling the police with the criminal prosecution of their spouses, and often experience additional anxiety, frustration and disempowerment as a direct result of the strategy.
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Plus Ça Change? ‘Correcting’ Inuit Inmates in Nunavut, Canada
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that the correctional response to indigenous people in Canada is largely rhetorical and has led to few meaningful changes to the lives of Inuit inmates in Nunavut.
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How to Put the Community in Community‐Based Justice: Some Views of Participants in Criminal Court Diversion
TL;DR: In this article, two post-charge criminal court diversion projects were recently launched in Toronto, Canada, where individuals charged with criminal offences who meet strict criteria are diverted from the criminal process in exchange for performing a community sanction.
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How to Put the Community in Community-Based Justice: Some Views of Participants in Criminal Court Diversion
TL;DR: In this paper, two post-charge criminal court diversion projects were recently launched in Toronto, Canada, where individuals charged with criminal offenses who meet strict criteria are diverted from the criminal process in exchange for performing a community sanction.
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Policing the Punishment: Charging Practices Under Canada's Corporal Punishment Laws
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present data on police response to allegations of excessive or illegal corporal punishment under current Canadian legislation and find that there is significant variation in police response both to the range and seriousness of incidents of corporal punishments.