Criminology

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Perils and Possibilities Social Activism and the Law Fernwood Publishing	This book argues that law is a political resource that carries with it both opportunities and dangers for social activists. As such, activist groups must carefully navigate the contradictions …	Byron Sheldrick	157	2004	View
Policing Indigenous Movements Dissent and the Security State Fernwood Publishing	In recent years, Indigenous peoples have lead a number of high profile movements fighting for social and environmental justice in Canada. From land struggles to struggles against resource …	Andrew Crosby; Jeffrey Monaghan	230	2018	View
Pursuing Justice Second Edition An Introduction to Justice Studies Fernwood Publishing	Pursuing justice is daunting. It plays out in a variety of contexts — like the environment, employment, the criminal justice system — and raises tough issues like racism, gender …	Margot A. Hurlbert	474	2018	View
Racial Profiling and Human Rights in Canada The New Legal Landscape Irwin Law Inc.	Racial profiling is a hot-button topic that elicits strong responses on both sides. A series of public discussions has so far failed to yield a conclusive consensus. Racial Profiling and Human …	Bobby Siu; Lesley A. Jacobs; Lorne Foster	417	2018	View
NEW! Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice A Search for Ways Forward Fernwood Publishing	The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known historical facts, and they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence …	David Milward	233	2022	View
NEW! Solidarity Beyond Bars Unionizing Prison Labour Fernwood Publishing	Prisons don’t work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers — what they do, how they do it, who they …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	180	2022	View
Still Blaming Children Youth Conduct and the Politics of Child Hating Fernwood Publishing	The media-enhanced moral panic surrounding youth has continued unabated over the past two decades. Its form and substance varies, but the politics of blaming and exploiting children underlies it …	Bernard Schissel	167	2006	View
The "Mr Big" Sting The Cases, the Killers, the Controversial Confessions ECW Press	How the police create an imaginary criminal gang to trick homicide suspects into a confession and a prison cell. There are people in prison who got away with murder until they told the boss of a …	Mark Stobbe	226	2021	View
NEW! The Canadian Investor Challenges and Change in Canadian Capital Markets Irwin Law Inc.	The Canadian Investor is one of the clearest and most informative accounts of Canada’s financial system and the issues it has been facing since the 2008 financial market crash. This …	Anita Indira Anand	210	2020	View
The Colour of Justice Policing Race in Canada Irwin Law Inc.	The colour of justice in Canada is largely driven by stereotypical assumptions about crime and those who commit it. Over the last few years, the use of race, ethnicity, and religion as indicators …	David M. Tanovich	275	2006	View
NEW! The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries Goose Lane Editions	In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, …	John S. Dellandrea	192	2022	View
The Hope that Remains Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide Véhicule Press	Every immigrant that comes to Canada has a story. This book captures ten of those stories and the remarkable resiliency and fortitude of the human spirit. In 1994 one of the worst genocides in …	Christine Magill	192	2019	View
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Public Betrayal, Justice Denied James Lorimer and Company	This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials …	Bruce Campbell	216	2018	View
The Politics of Restorative Justice A Critical Introduction Second Edition Fernwood Publishing	In this updated edition of The Politics of Restorative Justice, Andrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund reconsider restorative justice and its politics and ask how restorative justice might work better …	Amanda Nelund; Andrew Woolford	256	2019	View
The Power to Criminalize Violence, Inequality and the Law Fernwood Publishing	Law’s power to criminalize–to turn a person into a criminal–is formidable. Traditional legal doctrine argues that law dispenses justice in an impartial and unbiased fashion. …	Elizabeth Comack; Gillian Balfour	199	2004	View
NEW! The Trauma Beat A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News ECW Press	A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, …	Tamara Cherry	332	2023	View