What is the rationale for indeterminate and long-term supervision under Part XXIV of the Criminal Code?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Tom, 2017 BCSC 452 (CanLII):
The primary rationale for both indeterminate and long-term supervision under Part XXIV is public protection. Both sentences advance the "dominant purpose" of preventative detention identified by Dickson J. in Hatchwell v. The Queen, 1974 CanLII 203 (SCC), [1976] 1 S.C.R. 39, at p. 43, namely "to protect the public when the past conduct of the criminal demonstrates a propensity for crimes of violence against the person, and there is a real and present danger to life or limb".
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