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Locher-Lo, Caroline – Athens Journal of Education, 2018
In 1973, British Columbia (B.C.) became the first province in Canada to forbid corporal punishment in public schools (B.C. School Act), followed by the majority of the other provinces. Alberta and Manitoba however, still have no provincially enacted legal prohibition, although many school boards have updated their policies to state that corporal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Punishment, Children, Public Schools
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Tachino, Tosh – Written Communication, 2012
Recent scholarship in genre studies has extended its focus from studying single genres to multiple genres, as well as how these genres interact with one another. This essay seeks to contribute to this growing scholarship by adding a new concept, "intermediary genre". That is, a genre that facilitates the "uptake" of a genre by…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literary Genres, Scholarship, Scientific Research
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Newby, Diana; Faltin, Robert – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2008
Fitness for trial constitutes the most frequent referral to forensic assessment services. Several approaches to this evaluation exist in Canada, including the Fitness Interview Test and Basic Fitness for Trial Test. The following article presents a review of the issues and a method for basic fitness for trial evaluation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Court Litigation, Psychological Evaluation
Cass, Elie – School Guidance Worker, 1979
Parents have the right to their children, but their children have a right to live. The Criminal Code should be amended to oblige parents to prove their innocence. If the Crown can establish that the child was beaten when only parents were present, parents should prove they were not responsible. (Author)
Descriptors: Anti Social Behavior, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Criminal Law
MacNeil, Byrdena M. – Education Canada, 2000
Describes a Newfoundland (Canada) Supreme Court case overturning a teacher's conviction for assault for slapping an unruly child. Discusses the Canadian Criminal Code's "justification" provision that allows parents and teachers to use "reasonable" force to correct a child, and efforts to abolish the provision that argue it…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childrens Rights, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation
O'Brien, Allan R.; Pietersma, Eric – Education Canada, 2000
The constitutionality of section 43 of the Canadian criminal code, which provides a defense to the use of reasonable and corrective force on children, has been challenged. The Canadian Teachers' Federation argues that the case is not about spanking, but about enabling teachers to maintain order and create a positive, effective learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Criminal Law
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Davis, Hayley; Love, Nigel – Language & Communication, 1996
Reviews three books with the common theme that the way language operates in connection with juridical processes of various kinds gives ground for complaint. A subsidiary theme is that academic language studies might, in some cases, provide the appropriate theoretical underpinnings for the examination of the problems in question, and perhaps lead…
Descriptors: Body Language, Book Reviews, Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Effect
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Levin, Sandy – History and Social Science Teacher, 1989
Presents learning activities and resources for teaching senior level criminal law courses. Topics covered include arrest, search and seizure, bail, trial procedures, sentencing, and prisons. Objective is to encourage students to address societal issues. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Correctional Institutions, Creative Teaching