JustResearch no. 10

1. WELCOME

In this Issue of JustResearch we are pleased to profile three recent projects completed by the Research and Statistics Division. First, Dr. Fernando Mata provides a summary of our recent research into minority views on the Anti-terrorism Act, which used a qualitative focus group research design in several sites across Canada. Second, Valerie Howe discusses the ongoing work of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy and the relationship between advances in technology and emerging privacy concerns. Third, Steven Kleinknecht summarises the international literature on the phenomenon of auto-theft among youth, with a focus on the effectiveness of programming responses and the distinction between "joy-riding" and more profit-driven motivations for such behaviour.

As always, we review research on a broad range of topics including the effectiveness of "John Schools" in changing perceptions of prostitution, the dynamics of illegal firearms transactions in Canada, children's involvement in domestic violence incidents, and the nature and extent of unwanted exposure to sexually explicit material on the Internet amongst youth.

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We invite your comments and suggestions for future issues of JustResearch. We welcome your ideas for articles, themes, topics or issues to examine from the literature and are happy to include information on any relevant and interesting research work undertaken in other departments. We may be contacted at: rsd-drs@justice.gc.ca