St. CatharinesResearchers built the first study of police sentencing.
Sentencing is the last filter — most cases never reach a judge at all.
Brock University’s Danielle McNabb and University of Guelph’s Kate Puddister published the analysis in Police Quarterly.
The researchers argue courts alone cannot close a gap created earlier in the process.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- identifies systemic gap: judges emphasize denunciation/deterrence (92% of cases) yet can't address structural drivers of police misconduct
Sources: Phys.org