Full Description
In Diversity, Crime, and Justice in Canada hate-crime specialist Barbara Perry brings together 16 of the country's leading scholars to address issues of inequality as they intersect with crime and social justice. Students will discover how collective identities - not just race, class, and gender, but religion, ability, sexuality, and age - play a crucial part in determining the nature of an individual's encounter with the criminal justice system. Integrating themes of history and context, power and powerlessness, and social and political action throughout, the text examines the concept of difference, the specific issues that different groups face with respect to the justice system, and the kinds of reform necessary to mitigate inequalities.
Thoroughly updated, the third edition includes the latest statistics, references, and topics - including new content on the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter, Missing and Murder Indigenous Women and Girls, and Truth and Reconciliation.
Contents
Tables, Figures, and Photos
Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
1: An Introduction: Considering Diversity and Justice in Canada, Barbara Perry
2: Framing Difference, Barbara Perry
3: The Mythical Norm, Barbara Perry
4: Indigenous People in Canada: Culture, Colonialism, and Criminal Justice, Jane Dickson-Gilmore
5: Chinese Immigrants in Canada and Social Injustice: From Overt to Covert Racial Discrimination, Li Zong & Barbara Perry
6: Crime and Justice: The Experiences of Black Canadians, Scot Wortley, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah & Kadija Lodge-Tulloch
7: South Asians and Justice in Canada: Still in Search of Data, Barbara Perry & Shahid Alvi
8: Justice and Islam in Canada, Denise Helly & Barbara Perry
9: Zombies in Bel Air: Class and Marginalization in Canada, Emily Gerbrandt & Bryan Hogeveen
10: Exploring the Victimization, Criminalization, and Incarceration of Women in Canada, Gillian Balfour
11: Sexualities and Difference: The Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) People in Canada, Ellen Faulkner
12: Aging Behind Bars: The "Special Needs" Elderly Prisoner in Federal Custody in Canada, Arshia U. Zaidi
13: Putting Youthful Offending and Victimization into Context, Shahid Alvi
14: Individuals with Disabilities, Dick Sobsey & Heidi Janz
15: Communicating from the Margins: Exploring Intercultural Communication, Valerie Pruegger
16: Anti-Racism Training in the Criminal Justice System: A Case for Effective Social Context Education, Karen R. Mock
17: Criminal Justice/Social Justice: Making Change, Barbara Perry
Glossary
Index
