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Habitual Crook
In 1947 Canada first introduced the legislation to deal with "dangerous offenders," called The Habitual Offender Act. It is used to incapacitate the offenders and lengthy their records by keeping them in prison and out of the public. On October 11th 1947, 16 years old Leslie John Henwood was sentenced to six months and declared as a habitual criminal. She was charged with 12 charges breaking, entering, and stealing, and admitted 14 previous convictions for breaking into other peoples houses. -
Sexual Psychopath
In 1948 a new legislation was created called the Sexual Psycopath Act, which was passed to ensure that dangerous sexual offenders would be treated by mental health professionals. Once convicted they are examined by two phychiatrists and determine wether they are "dangerous" -
Dangerous Sexual Offender Act
Bill C-27. In 1960 the Dangerous Sexual Offender act replcaed the Sexual Psychopath Act and set out specific criteria to determine dangerousness, including the offender's criminal record. There were many problems with the 1948 legislation, it was extremely vague and unscientific. -
Ouimet Report
The Canadian Committee on Correcttions said the Habitual Offender and Dangerous Sexual Offender are being applied erratically and ineffectively. The Habitual Offender Act were used to incarcerate property offenders and not being reserved for those most dangerous to the public. The Dangerous Sexual Offender provisions were used to those who had commited sexual offences, but weren't violent. The Ouimet Report said to continue the use of clinical assessment and treatment for dangerous offenders. -
Enacted
Bill C-51. A new legislation was enacted by repealing both the Habitual Offender and the Dangerous Sexual Offender Acts. They were designed to be applicable to both sexual offenders and those who had commited violent crimes that is non-sexual. An individual who is found to be a dangerous offender could be sentenced to a determinate or indeterminate period of incarceration. -
National Parole Board
Bill C-27. The legislation was created to allow the National Parole Board to detain offenders who hasn't been indentified as dangerous. They are able to rescine the option of determinate sentences for offenders who had been indentified as "dangerous."
Marlene Moore commited suicide in 1988 in the Prison For Woman. -
Bill C-55 enacted
This bill was enacted to strengthen the legislation for dealing with the most serious crimes/offenders. The new Act required the testimony of only one psychiatrist for the dangerousness hearing, and made the waiting period for parole eligibility to 7 years, rather then 3 years. The 1997 legislation created a new category to monitor people who are likely to commit a personal injury offence. -
Changes to The Criminal Code Of Canada
In order to change the criminal code of canada they need some repeat offenders convicted of 3 crimes or more, or sex crimes to prove that they are not danger to the society.
Stanley Tippett was convicted in 2009 for kidnapping and sexually assualting a 12 year old girl in 2008, he was known as a dangerous offender. He was found guilty of all 7 counts he was facing including kidnapping, sexual assault and sexual interference. -
The Now
The Correctional Service of canada says that there are 458 dangerous offenders as of April 2011.
Dangerous offender can now parole after seven years, but the indetermine sentence usually equals to a life sentence.
Johnson Aziga was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two females through HIV transmission.
He was indentified as a "dangerous offender" in 2011 -
Designation
The Criminal Code are intended to protect all canadian Citizens from the most dangerous violent and sexual predators. Any individuals who convicted these offences are designated as a "Dangerous Offender" during sentencing if they think that there is a high risk that they will commit more violent and sexual offences in the future.
