A Values and Evidence Approach to Sentencing Purposes and Principles^{Footnote 1}

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• Canadian Values on Sentencing: An Uncontroversial Topic
• Attempting to Change Canadian Values on Sentencing: The Harper Decade
• The central purpose of sentencing
• Other purposes of sentencing
• Proportionality and restraint in the use of imprisonment
• Mandatory Minimum Sentences
• Aggravating and mitigating factors in sentencing
• The sentencing of organizations (S. 718.21)
• Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix 1: The Quiz
• Appendix 2: Some Examples of Purposes of Sentencing
• Appendix 3: Canadian Sentencing Commission (1987) Purpose & Principles of Sentencing
• Appendix 4: Canada’s Imprisonment Rate(s)