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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Bad: R v. Unger From: The "Mr Big" Sting ECW Press	This chapter details a crime, how evidence was ignored, and a jailhouse informant was believed to build a Mr Big sting. The suspect was subsequently charged and convicted, but more than a decade …	Mark Stobbe	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The Fire This Time From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter focuses on the activities of "hustlers," the often-underage male sex workers in the West End.	Aaron Chapman	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The Fix From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, Chapman explores an apparent suicide that may have been linked to Wayne Harris.	Aaron Chapman	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From The Future of Mr. Big From: The "Mr Big" Sting ECW Press	While Mr. Big has retained the same basic structure over the past three decades, a lot of changes have been made. A Mr. Big operation today is much longer, more expensive, more sophisticated, and …	Mark Stobbe	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From The Good: R v. Bridges From: The "Mr Big" Sting ECW Press	This chapter details a crime and how the Mr. Big sting was used to demonstrate the guilt of a suspect, from the introduction of the victim, the sting, the arrest, to the legal process and how the …	Mark Stobbe	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From NEW! The Limits of Legalized and After-the-Fact Accountability From: Canadian Policing View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Limits of Legalized and After-the-Fact Accountability author Kent Roach suggests greater reviews of police conduct are required to improve Canadian policing and argues that effective and …	Kent Roach	29	2022	$2.90 Add
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
From The Murky: R v. Hart From: The "Mr Big" Sting ECW Press	In this chapter a double homicide is solved with a Mr. Big sting using illegal tactics. In addition, the uncertain evidence and conflicting accounts of the accused do not lead to a certainty of …	Mark Stobbe	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From The Raid at Elisipogtog From: Policing Indigenous Movements View Fernwood Publishing	Integrated Policing and “Violent Aboriginal Extremists”	Andrew Crosby; Jeffrey Monaghan	42	2018	$4.20 Add
From NEW! The Unsustainable Costs of the Public Police From: Canadian Policing View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Unsustainable Cost of the Public Police author Kent Roach explores where all the money given to policing across Canada goes. With the average police salary at $118,000, Canada spends $15.7 …	Kent Roach	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! The Vicious Circle of Overpolicing and Underprotection From: Canadian Policing View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Vicious Circle author Kent Roach examines how Indigenous, Black, and other intersecting groups of disadvantaged peoples have been both aggressively overpoliced in Canada and inadequately …	Kent Roach	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From NEW! Toward a Practice of Collectivity From: Abolitionist Intimacies View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 1 examines the Black experiences and how it shapes the sense of collective action, of collectivity. The chapter includes discussions on the “All Black Lives Matter” movement, …	El Jones	21	2022	$2.10 Add
NEW! Trafficking Harms Critical Politics \| Perspectives \| Experiences	Trafficking Harms brings together a stellar collection of scholars, activists and affected individuals who offer a much-needed critical perspective on Canada’s anti-trafficking efforts and their …		292		View
From NEW! Troubling Police and Social Work Collaborations From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In Troubling Police and Social Work Collaborations the authors examine the limitations of proposed reforms such as ones that argue for collaboration between police and external partners, …	Adrian Guta; Ann De Shalit; Camisha Sibblis	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From NEW! "Uphold the Right" Police, Conservatism, and White Supremacy From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In "Uphold the Right" author Jeffrey Monaghan examines the relationship between the history of policing in Canada and conservatism, white supremacy, and colonialism.	Jeffrey Monaghan	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Using Social Media When Investigating Cybercrime From: Cybercrime: Awareness, Prevention, and Response View Emond Montgomery	In this chapter, the author demonstrates strategies for using social media within investigations.	Kathy Macdonald	20	2019	$2.00 Add