Benjamin Perrin

Benjamin Perrin
Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 12:30
Law Professor, University of British Columbia

A Criminal Justice Revolution:
From ‘tough on crime’ to a new transformative justice vision

How can we move beyond “tough on crime” policies to compassionate, evidence-based approaches? Benjamin Perrin will recount his own personal revolution in thinking and share with us his new transformative justice vision that is set out in his latest book, Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial. Benjamin is a national best-selling author and law professor at the University of British Columbia. He served in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Office as in-house legal counsel and lead policy advisor on criminal justice and public safety (2012-3).