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Compassionate Justice: A Criminal Justice Revolution:
November 12, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Benjamin Perrin | Law Professor, University of British Columbia
Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 12:30
A Criminal Justice Revolution:
From ‘tough on crime’ to a new transformative justice vision
How can we move beyond “tough on crime” policies to compassionate, evidence-based approaches? Benjamin Perrin will recount his own personal revolution in thinking and share with us his new transformative justice vision that is set out in his latest book, Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial. Benjamin is a national best-selling author and law professor at the University of British Columbia. He served in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Office as in-house legalcounsel and lead policy advisor on criminal justice and public safety (2012-3).