Technical Assistance Projects

Japan

CSC's relationship with Japan dates to 1999 and involves primarily hosting Japanese delegates from various facets of their criminal justice system. In March, 2005, following a high profile sex-offender case in Japan, CSC hosted an official from the Corrections Bureau, Ministry of Justice of Japan. Following this visit, CSC received a request for Dr. Bruce Malcolm, Coordinator of CSC's Sex Offender Programs at the time, to visit Japan and talk on sex-offender assessment and treatment programs. During his visit, Dr. Malcolm was interviewed and filmed by a Japanese television network where he responded to questions regarding Canada's practices for treating sex offenders. In September, Japan Broadcasting Corporation was allowed access to Millhaven and Warkworth Institutions to film a documentary on CSC's sex-offender treatment programs, which aired in Japan in October 2005.

In November, 2005, CSC hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Justice of Japan, including a probation and parole officer, who returned to Ottawa in January, 2006, to complete a ten-week assignment with CSC's Research Branch. His focus was on offender risk/needs assessment and offender reintegration. In February, 2006, CSC hosted another visit of officials from the Japan Ministry of Justice interested in correctional research and programming.

Dr. Bruce Malcolm completed a second visit to Japan in June 2006 to address additional topics in sex offender programming.

Please visit our Articles and Related Media page to view published articles on CSC's initiatives in Japan.