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Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.
Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.

Teaching toughs: Teacher Lawrence Mitoff has spent 20 years trying to help young offenders learn while they're in jail.

Date9/2/1991
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Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
Paying the price: George McFarlance introduced restitution program in which offenders repay their victims. More than $102,000 has been returned.
11/24/1982
The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
4/29/1985
A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
A lot of time is spent watching television as young offenders wait for their sentences to expire
1/1/1989
Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
Experts debate wisdom of placing young offenders in adult jails
2/25/1974
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
10/5/1971
Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
3/9/1990
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
1/12/1987
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders.
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders.
1/12/1987
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
Youth workers such as Toronto's Fred Mathews, left and Grant Lowery decry the serious lack of research on adolescent sex offenders
1/12/1987
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
3/28/1980
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
9/25/1970
Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
Brigadier Ernest Hutchinson Counsels at Toronto City Hall Jail, Salvation Army early championed Parole for first offenders
1/15/1965