This edition of the Oakalla Journal Review from May of 1961 discusses Canadian correctional issues in comparison to foreign institutions such as Japan, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Chile, United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, Denmark, Poland, and Belarus. It includes topics such as the UN Congress on Crime Prevention about juvenile delinquency, prison labor, and alternatives to short-term imprisonment, as well as Canadian Initiatives regarding narcotic addition programs, confidential juvenile record keeping and abolishment of corporal punishment. It also discusses increases in Vancouver’s crime and automobile accident rates.
KEYWORDS: Juvenile Delinquents Act
Coded by: Julia Does
