Public Safety

Domestic violence typically refers to physical, verbal, emotional, and/or psychological violence between intimate partners (Dutton, 2009; Johnson, 2006), and is a common societal phenomenon, affecting approximately one-third of women in their lifetime (Statistics Canada, 2009; Nathens, Kernic, Holt, & Rivara, 2004). Equally significant, recidivism among offenders is relatively common and often occurs soon after the … Read more

This report describes the nature and extent of marihuana growing operations in Mission British Columbia. The report is based on an examination of operations coming to the attention of police over the 14 year period of January 01, 1997 to the end of 2010. Using the same methodology of the 2002 research conducted by Plecas … Read more

Transit crime and the fear of transit crime are two of the more under researched areas in the field of crime prevention (Poinster, 1996; Newton, Johnson, & Bowers, 2004; Loukaitou-Sideris and Fink, 2009). This is the case with respect to both the actual incidence of crime along transit corridors (Newton, 2004) and the public’s perception … Read more

The production of marihuana is a criminal activity that is very profitable for offenders and harmful to communities (Plecas, Diplock, & Garis, 2009). Growers in British Columbia commonly set up their operations indoors, in homes, and other buildings to avoid detection and to cultivate plants year round. Moreover, indoor buildings allow growers the opportunity to … Read more

This report describes the nature and extent of marihuana growing operations in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, and, in particular, four communities within that region – 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Quesnel, and Prince George. This report is based on an examination of marihuana growing operations that came to the attention of police over … Read more

As has been said so many times by so many observers, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games proved to be a huge success story. Maclean’s magazine, in its commemorative issue on the event, called them “the greatest games ever” and “an unmitigated success”. In that same issue, Macleans reminded readers that the Games were the most … Read more

This guide presents what the City of Surrey has learned about dealing with the problem of marijuana grow operations over the last five years. Because all British Columbians have the right to live in safe, crime-free neighbourhoods, I believe that communities need to work together to share promising practices. One of our primary reasons for … Read more

I am pleased to present “Responding to Marijuana Grow Operations – A Community Handbook,” a companion to our broader publication “Community Response to Marijuana Grow Operations: A Guide Towards Promising Practices.” To be successful in addressing this challenge, I believe the communities need to work together and share best practices. The City of Surrey dealt … Read more

The intent of the current study was to provide a descriptive analysis of uncleared missing person cases in British Columbia where foul play had not been ruled out and to examine differences in these cases between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal subjects. Of the 593 files identified as an uncleared missing person case in which foul play … Read more

Satisfaction among the public with their local police is important as it effects confidence in the police to ensure public safety, increases public support for local police, and increases the public’s willingness to report crime and suspicious activity (Hinds, 2007). Research in Canada has consistently found a high level of public satisfaction with the police. … Read more