provide education and training for their
members, coordinate care for justice-
involved individuals in their communities
and provide input to regional committees.
work to improve regional issues that impact
clients requiring human services as they
navigate through the criminal justice system.
functions as a planning body, supporting the
individual and collective efforts of regional and
local committees.
Webinar Synopsis This training will provide information on BIST’s Legal Education Awareness Project (LEAP), a web-based toolkit developed in partnership with the Law Foundation of
Research QuestionTo what extent are victims of violent crime also offenders, and vice versa, with what concentrations of total crime harm across each person who
The Ontario government is providing over $37 million to significantly expand mental health services across the justice system. The funding will be used to expand
The working relationship between probation officers and probationers is an important area of research given recent studies illustrate a strong relationship reduces recidivism. In this
Many papers have been written on the process of coming out by individuals with predominantly same-sex sexual orientation but few of these papers have explored
Research suggests that a substantial percentage of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder encounter the police in their lifetime. Police interactions are stressful events for anyone
BackgroundSpitefulness is the inclination to inflict harm to someone else even at one’s own expenses. The development of a self‐report measure (the Spitefulness Scale [SS])
IntroductionSexuality‐related nursing care is scarce and mainly focuses on biological issues. There is also a lack of knowledge about how serious mental illnesses affect sexuality.
