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Unsettling Colonialism in the Canadian Criminal Justice System

Canada's criminal justice system reinforces dominant relations of power and further entrenches the country in its colonial past. Through the mechanisms of surveillance, segregation, and containment, the criminal justice system ensures that Indigenous peoples remain in a state of economic depriv...

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Other Authors: Chartrand, Vicki (Editor), Savarese, Josephine (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2023
Subjects:
Legal system: general
Legal; law; convictions; justice; supreme court; Indigenous, jury, jurors, commission; Charter of Rights and Freedoms; legal reform; policy; socio-legal studies, sociology, settler colonialism, criminal law, criminology, Canadian law, police, incarceration
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Summary:Canada's criminal justice system reinforces dominant relations of power and further entrenches the country in its colonial past. Through the mechanisms of surveillance, segregation, and containment, the criminal justice system ensures that Indigenous peoples remain in a state of economic deprivation, social isolation, and political subjection. By examining the ways in which the Canadian justice system continues to sanction overtly discriminatory and racist practices, the authors in this collection demonstrate clearly how historical patterns of privilege and domination are extended and reinforced.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (424 p.)
ISBN:aupress/9781778290039.01
9781778290039; 9781771993685; 9781771993692
Access:Open Access

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