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Community-Based Sentencing: The Perspectives of Crime Victims

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List of Cases

  • R. v. Bratzer (2001) 160 C.C.C.(3d) 272.
  • R. v. Duchominsky (2003) 171 C.C.C.(3d) 526.
  • R. v. Iftody (2003) AJ No. 100 (Prov.Ct.).
  • R. v. Longboat (2003) O.J. no 598.
  • R. v. MacDonald (2003) 173 C.C.C. (3d) 235.
  • R. v. Nensi (2001) O.J. no. 5655 (Ont. Ct of J.).
  • R. v. Proulx [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61.
  • R. v. R.A.R (2000) 140 C.C.C.(3d) 523.
  • R. v. C.R.P (2001) O.J. no 1595.
  • R. v. MacAdam (2003) 171 C.C.C.(3d) 449.
  • R. v. M.S.R. (2002) B.C.J. no. 845.
  • R. v. Simms (2002) N.J. no. 3 (Prov Ct.).
  • R. v. Sandreswaren (2001) O.J. no 3933.
  • R v. Watkinson (2001) 153 C.C.C.(3d) 561.
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