
When Justice Is a Game
Unravelling Wrongful Conviction in Canada
MaDonna Maidment(Author)
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Published on 1. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-1-55266-322-6 (ISBN)
Description
All too often the police do not get the right person. Wrongful convictions are framed as mistakes or failures of the justice system. However, many of the wrongfully convicted are from among the poor and visible minority groups. The law then becomes an ideological mask relieving us of the responsibility of engaging with the real issues that underscore wrongful convictions. MaDonna Maidment illustrates how the desire to get a conviction and paint the police and the courts in a positive light often means that false evidence and court decisions based on prejudice and racism lead to innocent people being convicted. "The official version of the law," says Maidment, "despite its claims of impartiality, neutrality and objectivity, is a tool of the state and its elite club members designed to maintain the illegitimate domination of society." Turning back to the very sys-tem that got it wrong in the first place therefore should be a non-starter.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55266-322-6 (9781552663226)
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Person
MaDonna Maidment is a Newfoundlander who teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph.
Content
: Foreword: Ronald Dalton
: Introduction
: The Unofficial Story behind Wrongful Convictions
: Forensic Sci-ence under the Microscope
: Case Study of a Mr. Big Police Sting
: Socio-Legal Policy Transformations
: Introduction
: The Unofficial Story behind Wrongful Convictions
: Forensic Sci-ence under the Microscope
: Case Study of a Mr. Big Police Sting
: Socio-Legal Policy Transformations