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40 Canadian J. Criminology 323 (1998)
Rethinking Community Resistance to Prison Siting: Results from a Community Impact Assessment

handle is hein.journals/cjccj40 and id is 326 raw text is: RESEARCH NOTE DE NOTE RECHERCHE Rethinking community resistance to prison siting: Results from a community impact assessment (1) Michael G. Young Criminal Justice Program Camosun College Victoria, B.C. Introduction Recent demand for correctional beds in British Columbia has led to several proposals for new facilities. As is often the case, the construction of new correctional facilities does not always enjoy public support. Reactions range from disinterest and apathy to resistance and outright hostility by the proposed host community. Moreover, while communities may acknowledge the need for new prison facilities, their construction is approved only on the condition that it be built somewhere else, a syndrome known as NIMBY or Not-In-My-Back-Yard (Krause 1991). Residents increasingly demand information about the impact of prisons on their community (Bennett 1991; Maxim and Plecas 1983; Schafer and Ziser 1993; Travis and Sheridan 1983). Correctional planners in B.C. find themselves unable to address citizen concerns about prison siting because they lack sufficient information pertaining to communities with provincial institu- tions. In January, 1996, The B.C. Building Corporation, on behalf of the Ministry of the Attorney General, entered into an agree- ment with the Simon Fraser Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy. The purpose of this agreement was to conduct a community impact assessment on prison siting in order to determine the socio-economic impacts of provincial institutions on communities. Canadian Journal of Criminology 323 to 327 Revue canadienne de criminologie July/juillet 1998

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