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The Criminal Justice Association of Ontario

The Criminal Justice Association of Ontario (CJAO) promotes the vision of fair, kind and progressive criminal justice system by way of cooperation with the government, people of the province and with non-profit organizations (NPOs) (Schmalleger & Volk, 2013).

The National Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA) is in charge of CJAO, which is a voluntary organization that works for improving the Canadian justice system ("CCJA – Proudly Serving Canadians Since 1919", 2018).

It receives monetary help from various sources in the form of grants, fund, donations, gifts, bequests and legacies that helps in the functioning of this organization. It also has a one-time fee structure for membership.

It welcomes members from all strata of the society, even though the person is not an expert in the field of criminal justice services. Although, it traditionally attracts members from the field of correctional service, be it governmental, institutional, community services or voluntary sector. Presently it has around 200 members ranging from federal and provincial government sector, police service, lawyers, private agencies, researchers and students ("Criminal Justice Association of Ontario", 2018).

Its vision is to administer an organization in Ontario that gather support from the citizens, the local government and various other non-profit groups who have interest to work for the betterment of criminal justice system. At the same time, it informs and promotes knowledge about criminal justice system among the common people, government, profit and non-profit organizations.  It supports and encourages the study of criminal justice issues and criminology. To help organizations within or outside the jurisdiction of Ontario who have similar vision ("Criminal Justice Association of Ontario", 2018) 

Operational philosophy

It envisages to facilitate a better working criminal justice system that is just, compassionate and advancing at the same time with the help of the common people, the government and the NPOs. This organization helps in disseminating news on current criminal justice and social issues through professional networking, sponsorship and exchange of knowledge ("Criminal Justice Association of Ontario", 2018).

Success achieved so far

It has a long history of working in the field of criminal justice system. It has organized informal meetings and workshop of representative agencies to develop the criminal justice system of Ontario and beyond. Additionally it has collaborated with various national committees like policy review committee, Social Issues Committee, Public Awareness and Visibility Committee.

One of the major drawback faced by CJAO is poor cooperation from the public at large, along with the uncertainty faced due to the change in ruling party that forms the government (Bond, Murphy & Porter, 2015, p. 229-245)

References:

Schmalleger, F. J., & Volk, R. (2013). Canadian criminology today: Theories and applications. Pearson Education Canada.

CCJA – Proudly Serving Canadians Since 1919. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.ccja-acjp.ca/pub/en/

Criminal Justice Association of Ontario. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.cjao.ca/home.asp

Bond, C. E., Murphy, K., & Porter, L. E. (2015). Procedural justice in policing: the first phase of an Australian longitudinal study of officer attitudes and intentions. Crime, law and social change, 64(4-5), 229-245.