In Canada the chances of becoming a victim of violent crime have grown

exponentially since the 1960's, even for those in suburban and rural areas.

Canadian communities are becoming more aware of this and are

distraught with the concept of these criminals being released, especially to live in

smaller communities. The purpose of this report was to reflect on these

community issues and find out exactly what concerns the communities

surrounding the releasing of criminals. To answer this question research was

conducted from a variety of sources and sent out into the community in the

form of a survey. This survey was handed out to narrow down the possibilities of

community issues and to find out what the issues are and how communities feel

they should be dealt with. The tallied information from these surveys gives the

findings that communities are concerned with their safety in many...