U
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 247

Unified Family Court Act—also see Family Relations
Act, 132 - 133

Union, B.C., 29
United Arab Emirates, 244
United Nations, 249

United States of America, 15, 34, 58, 73, 81, 102, 130,
252

University of British Columbia, 60, 64, 73, 101, 112
UBC Research Committee, 67

University of Southern California, 82

Upper Canada, 2, 6

Use of Custodial Remand in Canada Statistics
Canada), 189

Usk, B.C., 163
Vv

Vancouver Centre Liberal Association, 45

Vancouver City College, 100 - 101

Vancouver City Gaol, 33

Vancouver City Police, 92

Vancouver Court, 50, 240

Vancouver Disordered Offender Unit, 177 - 178

Vancouver Island, 1 - 4, 6 - 9, 12, 39, 90, 92, 95 - 96,
102, 117, 119, 149 - 150, 156, 158 - 159, 161, 204,
244, 246 - 247

Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre
(VIRCOC), 40, 93, 95, 102, 119, 149 - 150, 156, 159,
161, 180, 240, 244, 246 - 247

Vancouver Island Unit—also see Vancouver Island
Regional Correctional Centre, 93, 95, 102

Vancouver Jail—also see Vancouver Police Jail, 189,
240, 249

Vancouver Juvenile Court, 35, 49
Vancouver Police Department, 189, 240, 245
Vancouver Police Jail—also see Vancouver Jail, 189

Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre (VPSC), 150, 156,
159, 177 - 178, 189 - 191, 246, 251

Vancouver Province, 111

Vancouver Rotary Club, 45, 47

Vancouver Sun, 111, 137

Vancouver Welfare Federation, 46

Vancouver, City of (municipal government), 92
Ventura School for Girls (California), 90
Vernon, B.C., 39, 42, 55, 63, 114, 118, 135, 164

Vicars, John Richard, 29

Vickers, David, 113, 130, 136

victim impact statements, 218

victim notification, 218, 232, 236, 241
Victim Notification Unit WNU), 241
victim/ offender reconciliation, 218

victims of crime, 140 - 142, 164, 175 - 176, 202, 214,
218, 236, 240 - 241, 255

Victims of Crime Act, 218, 240

Victoria Family and Children’s Court, 92

Victoria Gaol—also see Bastion Square Gaol, 10, 13,
17 - 18, 25, 27, 33, 36, 39 - 40, 42

Victoria Juvenile Reformatory, 33 - 34

Victoria Municipal Police, 17

Victoria New Gaol—also see Hillside Gaol, 24

Victoria Voltigeurs, 4

Victoria Youth Custody Centre (WYCC)—also see Vic-
toria Youth Detention Centre, 203 - 204

Victoria Youth Detention Centre—also see Victoria
Youth Custody Centre, 145, 156

Victoria, B.C., 4- 11, 13, 15,17 - 18, 20, 22 - 28, 30 -
31, 33 - 36, 39, 42, 55, 60, 92, 105, 111, 113, 115,
118, 126, 129, 145, 147, 156, 167, 170, 203 - 204, 208
- 209, 221, 223

Vietnam War, 102

Violence against women in relationships policy
(VAWIR), 175, 212, 225

Violence Prevention program, 237

WwW
Wagner, Major Frances, 49

wardens—also see district directors, 10, 18, 24, 29, 31,
33, 38 - 39, 42, 50, 59, 64 - 65, 73, 82, 101

Watts, Robert, 177, 232, 236

Weir, George, 44

Welfare Council of Greater Vancouver, 51

Wells Gray Provincial Park, 79

West Georgia (Vancouver), 50

West Redonda Island—also see Redonda Bay Camp,
116

Westgate (at Oakalla), 66, 74, 87,95

white settlers, 2 - 3, 13

Wiebe, John, 92

Wilkinson Road Gaol (Saanich Prison Farm)—also see

Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, 39,
95

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