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African Nova Scotian Justice Action Plan: Community Engagement - What We Heard (PDF 1.7MB)
African Nova Scotian Justice Action Plan: Community Engagement - What We Heard (French PDF 1.7MB)
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Building Bridges: Improving Care In Custody For People Living With Mental Illness (PDF 1.3MB)
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Carvery Escape Findings and Recommendations (PDF 1.3MB)
Child Victims and the Criminal Justice System, 2001 Study Report (PDF 457KB)
Court Facility Security Review Report (PDF 192KB)
Criminal Law Amendments Impact Analysis (PDF 1.8MB)
Conducted Energy Device (CED) Review (PDF 789KB)
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Domestic Violence - A Review of the Effectiveness and Viability of Interventions as an Adjunct to the Formal Criminal Justice System (PDF 318KB)
Domestic Violence Action Plan (PDF 449KB)
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Equity and Anti-Racism Strategy (PDF 5.1MB)
Equity and Anti-Racism Strategy: French (PDF 766KB)
Equity and Anti-Racism Strategy - Appendix A: Health Equity Framework (PDF)
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Final Response to Employment Equity Review - September 2004 (PDF 1.7MB)
Framework for Action Against Family Violence - 2001 Review
Framework for Action Against Family Violence
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE - Summary of Government Response to Recommendations
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Gang Prevention - A Resource Guide on Youth & Gangs (PDF 247KB)
Government's Response to the Nunn Commission of Inquiry (PDF 778KB)
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High Risk Offender Protocol (PDF 35KB)
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Incident Review Report: Attempted Escape (August 2011) (PDF 145KB)
Incident Review Report: Offender Injury (July 2011) (PDF 207KB)
Incident Review Report: Early Release (February 2011) (PDF 215KB)
Incident Review Report: Late Release (February 2011) (PDF 325KB)
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Kaufman Report: Searching for Justice, An Independent Review of Nova Scotia's Response to Reports of Institutional Abuse
Executive Summary & Recommendations (PDF 203KB)
Main Report (PDF 1.7MB)
Conclusions & Recommendations (PDF 154KB)
Appendices (PDF 6.5MB)
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Mass Casualty Commission Final Report
Mass Casualty Commission Progress Monitoring Committee - Terms of Reference (PDF 233KB)
Mass Casualty Commission Progress Monitoring Committee - Terms of Reference: French (PDF 195KB)
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Office of Equity and Anti-Racism - Dismantling Racism & Hate Act Annual Report 2023/24 (PDF 283KB)
One Day Snapshot of Offenders - 2010 Report (PDF 382KB)
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Pawn Shop, Buy-Sell And Second-Hand Businesses Legislation Discussion Paper (PDF 93KB)
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Remand in Nova Scotia 2005 – 2016 (PDF 1.4MB)
Report of the Commission of Inquiry Into Matters Relating to the Death of Dean Richard (PDF 1.9MB)
Report Of The Commission Of Inquiry Into Matters Relating To The Death Of James Guy Bailey, Jr. (PDF 10.4MB)
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Self-Represented Litigants Needs Assessment Study (PDF 1.6MB)
Strategic Plan 2015 - 2018 (PDF 190KB)
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Nova Scotia Provincial Judges' Salaries and Benefits Tribunal - Report and Recommendations - 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026 (PDF 10.7MB)
Nova Scotia Provincial Judges' Salaries and Benefits Tribunal - Report and Recommendations - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 (PDF 156KB)
Nova Scotia Provincial Judges' Salaries and Benefits Tribunal - Summary of Current Provincial Court Judges' Salaries and Benefits (PDF 94KB)
Nova Scotia Provincial Judges' Salaries and Benefits Tribunal - Supplementary Report - Pension Indexation - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 (PDF 78KB)
Nova Scotia Provincial Judges' Salaries and Benefits Tribunal - Supplementary Report - Professional and Educational Allowances - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 (PDF 82KB)
Tripartite Forum: Directions in Mi'Kmaq Justice: An Evaluation of the Mi'Kmaq Justice Institute and its Aftermath - Executive Summary (PDF 92KB)
Tripartite Forum: Directions in Mi'Kmaq Justice: An Evaluation of the Mi'Kmaq Justice Institute and its Aftermath (PDF 628KB)
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Victim's Guide to the Court Process (PDF 115KB)
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Wortley Report Update - 2022 (PDF 154KB)
Wortley Report Update - 2023 (PDF 134KB)
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Youth Justice Feasibility Study (PDF 2.1MB)
(A Proposal for an Integrated Assessment and Treatment Service For Conduct Disorder/Antisocial Youth in Nova Scotia)
Youth Research Paper (PDF 852KB)
(Perspectives on Youth Crime in Nova Scotia)