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Discrimination and Denial : Systemic Racism in Ontario's Legal and Criminal Justice System, 1892-1961 /

"Many people believe that race relations in Canada are characterized by tolerance and compassion, and their complacent attitude has largely gone unchallenged, owing to an absence of racially based, systematic, and empirical data. In this study, Clayton Mosher combines extensive qualitative and...

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Autor principal: Mosher, Clayton James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Minority-Group Crime
  • Police Bias in Dealing with Minority Groups
  • The Attention to Race and Crime Issues in Canadian Social Science
  • Plan of the Book
  • Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Approaches
  • Perspectives on the Sociology of Law
  • Review of Sentencing Literature
  • Canadian and British Literature on Criminal Justice Outcomes
  • Early Discussions of Minority-Group Crime and Criminal Justice Outcomes in the United States
  • Decision as ContextVictim/Offender Relationships
  • Spatial/Social and Temporal Context
  • Methodology
  • Data Sources
  • Qualitative Data
  • Chapter 3: Asians: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation
  • Immigration
  • Asian Lifestyles and Restrictive Legislation
  • Chapter 4: Blacks: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation
  • Early History
  • The U.S. Influence
  • Immigration
  • Access to Housing, Employment, and Services
  • Miscegenation
  • The Resistance to Change
  • Chapter 5: Criminal Courts and the Racialization of Crime in Ontario
  • ""The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1892â€?1930""""The Racialization of Crime""; ""The Racialization of Crime: Asians""; ""The Racialization of Crime: Blacks""; ""The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1930â€?1961""; ""Chapter 6: Drug and Public-Order Crimes""; ""Drug Legislation and Enforcement""; ""Canada's Narcotics Legislation""; ""The 1920s""; ""The Policing of Narcotics Offences""; ""Sentencing""; ""Sentence Length""; ""Public-Order Offences""; ""Chinese and Gambling""; ""Blacks and Public-Order Crime""; ""Chapter 7: Property and Violent Crimes""; ""Property Offences""
  • Violent OffencesChapter 8: Summary and Prospects for Change
  • Conclusion
  • Postscript
  • Appendix A: Data-Analysis Methods
  • Dependent Variables
  • Independent Variables
  • Analysis Strategies
  • Appendix B: Coding Classifications
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
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