Getting serious about crime reduction

G E T T I N G. S E R I O U S. A B O U T. C R I M E. R E D U C T I O N [. 2. ] R e p o r t. o f. t h e. B l u e. R i b b o n. Pa n e l. o n. C r i m e. R e d u c t i o n Background In February 2012, the B. C. government launched the Justice Reform Initiative to identify actions that government, the judiciary, the legal profession, police and others can take to give British Columbians more timely an [...] For detailed biographies of Panel members, see Appendix B. G E T T I N G. S E R I O U S. A B O U T. C R I M E. R E D U C T I O N R e p o r t. o f. t h e. B l u e. R i b b o n. Pa n e l. o n. C r i m e. R e d u c t i o n [. 3. ] What the Panel Heard Between September 2013 and March 2014, the Panel conducted an exhaustive consultation process, meeting with the broadest range of stakeholders imaginab [...] G E T T I N G. S E R I O U S. A B O U T. C R I M E. R E D U C T I O N [. 4. ] R e p o r t. o f. t h e. B l u e. R i b b o n. Pa n e l. o n. C r i m e. R e d u c t i o n Focusing on offenders The Panel heard a strong consensus that significant reductions in crime can be achieved by focusing on prolific offenders – the very small proportion of the total population that’s responsible for most of the [...] G E T T I N G. S E R I O U S. A B O U T. C R I M E. R E D U C T I O N R e p o r t. o f. t h e. B l u e. R i b b o n. Pa n e l. o n. C r i m e. R e d u c t i o n [. 5. ] Addictions and mental illness Many of those who presented to the Panel noted the link between crime rates and the unaddressed addiction issues of chronic offenders. [...] G E T T I N G. S E R I O U S. A B O U T. C R I M E. R E D U C T I O N R e p o r t. o f. t h e. B l u e. R i b b o n. Pa n e l. o n. C r i m e. R e d u c t i o n [. 9. ] R E C O M M E N D AT I O N. # 1 M a n a g e. p r o l i f i c. a n d. p r i o r i t y. o f f e n d e r s. m o r e. e f f e c t i ve l y. A relatively small proportion of habitual or “career” criminals accounts for the majority of of