Policing
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![]() NEW! Vancouver ViceCrime and Spectacle in the City's West End |
The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot. This was perhaps most clearly evident in the West End, the … | Aaron Chapman | 256 | 2021 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Vice and the Tumbling DiceFrom: Vancouver Vice |
In this chapter, the author details the history of the policing of vice in Vancouver, and the corruption that often accompanied these efforts. | Aaron Chapman | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Walking Black, White and Blue LInesFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin recalls being recruited to the police force and his experience as an office with Halifax City Police. Contextualizes the black community in Halifax at the time. | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! We Are Like Waves |
In We Are Like Waves author Kikélola Roach contextualizes the challenges we face in Canada as of 2020. The chapter includes a speech Roach delivered in Toronto on July 16, 2020. | Kikélola Roach | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! We Keep Each Other SafeOrganizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic |
In We Keep Each Other Safe the authors examine how the pandemic has brought with it an opportunity to push for decarceration as well as opportunity to imagine what a world without prisons could … | Alannah Fricker; Jessica Evans; Rajean Hoilett | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() “Welcome to ABL World!!!” |
The Logic of Elimination and the Algonquins of Barriere Lake | Andrew Crosby; Jeffrey Monaghan | 36 | 2018 | $3.60 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 |
![]() 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 |
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From ![]() NEW! What Is to Be Done with the RCMP?From: Canadian Policing |
In What Is to be Done with the RCMP? author Kent Roach examines the RCMP in Canada and how today the RCMP is charged with enforcing Canadian sovereignty over the increasingly transnational nature … | Kent Roach | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 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 ![]() Working GirlsFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses the RCMPs response to prostitution, and how it reflected deeper systemic sexism in the organization. The chapter also covers … | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Working LongFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Long, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her work schedule and a typical work day, as well as more instances of sexism as they occur throughout her example work day. | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Working ShortFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Short, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses staffing shortage patterns, as well as evidence of any sexual harassment she was experiencing at work. The chapter also discusses how … | Janet Merlo | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |










