Racialized policing : Aboriginal people's encounters with the police

Comack, Elizabeth 1952- (author.).

Summary: Exposes the ways in which policing is racialized. Situating the police in their role as 'reproducers of order,' Comack draws on the historical record and contemporary cases of Aboriginal-police relations and interviews conducted with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg?s inner-city communities. Having defined Aboriginal people as "troublesome," police respond with troublesome practices of their own. Makes suggestions for re-framing the role of police and the "order" they reproduce. --provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781552664759 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
254 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Halifax : Fernwood Pub., [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-254).

Formatted Contents Note:

The shooting of J.J. Harper -- Darrel Night's starlight tour -- The freezing deaths of Rodney Nastius and Lawrence Wegner -- The trial of Constables Hatchen and Munson -- The freezing death of Neil Stonechild -- The Wright Commission -- The death of Frank Joseph Paul -- Racialized poverty, crime, and violence in the inner city -- Models of policing in Winnipeg -- The experiences and standpoints of Aboriginal People -- The use of racist and sexist language -- The shooting of Matthew Dumas -- The denial of a fundamental problem.