Crimes of Colour
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"The contributors do not mince words: racism is rife in the criminal justice system. They offer careful and courageous scholarship to support their claims and we would do well to heed them." - Sherene Razack, University of Toronto
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Persons
Wendy Chan is Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University, author of numerous articles and books on crime and immigration, and co-editor of Crimes of Colour: Racialization and the Criminal Justice System in Canada (2001).
Kiran Mirchandani is at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Content
Preface
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The Racialization and Criminalization of Canadian Society - Kiran Mirchandani and Wendy Chan
Part I: History
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Settler Capitalism and the Construction of Immigrants and 'Indians' as Racialized Others - Andrea McCalla and Vic Satzewich
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Defining Sexual Promiscuity: 'Race', Gender and Class in the Operation of Ontario's Female Refuges Act, 1930-60 - Joan Sangster
Part II: Racialization and the Legal System
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The Criminalization of Race/the Racialization of Crime: there are no 'race shield laws' - Yasmin Jiwani
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Looking at Law Through the Lens of Culture: A Provocative Case - Audrey Macklin
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Racism and the Collection of Statistics relating to Race and Ethnicity - Julian Roberts
Part III: Processes of Racialization and Criminalization
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Police Constructions of Race and Gender in Street Gangs - Gladys L. Symons
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The Criminalization of Aboriginal Women: Commentary by a Community Activist - Colleen Anne Dell
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The Justice System and Canada's Aboriginal People: The Persistence of Racial Discrimination - John Hylton
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"Making Sense" of Moral Panics: The "Young, Black Mugger" and Other Contemporary Folk Devils - Chris Doran
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The Social and Legal Banishment of Anti-Racism: A Black Perspective - Akua Benjamin
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The Dangerous Duality: The "Net Effect" of Immigration and Deportation on Jamaicans in Canada - Annmarie Barnes
Appendix
Contributors
Index