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Racialization, crime, and criminal justice in Canada / Wendy Chan and Dorothy Chunn.

Chan, Wendy, 1966- (author.). Chunn, Dorothy E. (-author).

Summary:

Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot. In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized, as well as the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system is racialized. Employing an intersectional analysis, Chan and Chunn explore how the connection between race and crime is further affected by class, gender, and other social relations.The text covers not only conventional topics such as policing, sentencing, and the media, but also neglected areas such as the criminalization of immigration, poverty, and mental illness.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442605749 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1442605749
Physical Description: xxi, 216 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part One. Concepts, theories, approaches -- Concepts and theories about race, racialization, and criminal justice -- Part Two. Constructing criminal justice -- Intersectionality, crime, and criminal justice -- Race, crime, and mental health -- Media representations of race, crime, and criminal justice -- Part Three. Administering criminal justice -- Race, racism, and policing -- Race, sentencing, and imprisonment -- Criminal victimization and hate crimes -- Part Four. Criminalizing racial groups -- The racialization of national security -- The racialization of immigration surveillance -- The criminalization and racialization of poverty.