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Con Game.(Book Review)
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Canadian Journal of Criminology
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October 1, 2002
- Author:
- Gardner, Dan
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 Canadian Criminal Justice Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"Canada's prison system is in crisis," reads the first sentence of Con Game, the new book by investigative journalist and CFRA host Michael Harris. Violence and drug abuse are exploding, Mr. Harris claims, and released offenders are committing new crimes at a shocking rate. The soft, liberal approach of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), the department that runs the prisons, "neither reforms criminals nor protects the public," Mr. Harris concludes.
Con Game was something of a surprise to me when it was released in April, 2002, just a little after The Ottawa Citizen began publishing a lengthy series of articles I had written called Crime and Punishment. The research ...