John Sewell
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 Crisis in Canada’s PolicingWhy Change is So Hard, and How We Can Get Real Reform in our Police Forces |
In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged, millions gathered across Canada and the United States to protest violence and racism in policing sparked by the murder of George Floyd at … | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 224 | 2021 | View |
 How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | John Sewell | 349 | 2015 | View |
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From Author’s Forward and Introduction |
Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add | |
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From Cast of CharactersFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. | John Sewell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From Why Is It So Difficult to Change Policing? |
This chapter addresses some key issues and outlines the various elements that make up police culture. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
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From Getting Down to WorkFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Deals with his first years in office – 1969 – 1972 | John Sewell | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From What Do Police Do? |
This chapter examines the declining rate of crime in Canada, the amount of time police officers spend responding directly to crimes, and the rate at which Canadian police solve crimes. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 39 | 2021 | $3.90 Add |
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From Neighbourhoods in RevoltFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
community reactions to development proposals in 1972 | John Sewell | 27 | 2015 | $2.70 Add |
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From Systemic DiscriminationPolice and Race |
In this chapter, the author outline the "broken windows" theory of policing, and how this has had disproportionate impacts on racialized people. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 45 | 2021 | $4.50 Add |
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From A Reform City CouncilFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
the 1972 election brought new blood to the city council and Sewell discusses how Larger decision-making bodies often hamper debate, but our council was of a manageable size. The openness and the … | John Sewell | 26 | 2015 | $2.60 Add |
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From Systematic SexismPolice and Women |
This chapter addresses the tendency of police to dismiss instances of gender-based violence. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From Creating Affordable Housing in Real NeighbourhoodsFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. One of the very significant actions of the new Council was to embark on an affordable housing program. This resulted in thousands of affordable units being built by Council’s housing … | John Sewell | 33 | 2015 | $3.30 Add |
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From Recruitment, Training, Management |
This chapter explores the hiring practices of Canadian police departments, and how these practices have a deleterious effect on police efficacy. | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From Replanning the DowntownFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. Downtown development and the central area plan | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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NEW! What Is to Be Done |
The concluding chapter offers a short but not exhaustive list of practical, reasonably achieved changes that could be made if local leaders step forward and demand that police begin to grapple … | Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
