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Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot. In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized, as well as the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system is racialized

This text delivers a comprehensive overview of race and ethnicity across the criminal justice system. It unpacks terms such as 'race', 'diversity' and 'multiculturalism' to equip students with a thorough understanding of this complex subject area. Featuring chapters by leading experts, Race and Criminal Justice provides a specialist introduction to each area of the criminal justice system, including police, prosecution, prisons and probation. It also features stimulating discussion of contemporary issues, such as criminal justice responses to refugees and asylum seekers, and the experiences of

"This book is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on social problems involving victimization of minorities and police accountability and presenting relevant perspectives on a global and cross-cultural scale"--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- PART I: Law Enforcement -- 1. De-escalation and Police Use of Excessive Force -- 2. Reforming, Transforming, Reimagining, or Defunding the Police -- 3. Mental Health of United States Law Enforcement Officers -- PART II: Attorneys and Courts -- 4. Bail, Bail Bonds, Cash Bail, and Unequal Justice -- 5. Ineffective Assistance of Defense Counsel -- 6. Prosecutorial Misconduct, Consequences, Remedies, and Immunity -- PART III: Sentencing and Corrections -- 7. Sentencing -- 8. Capital Punishment -- 9. Mass Incarceration and Prison Privatization -- 10. Mentally Ill Offenders -- Index.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1: Defining Desistance -- Defining Desistance -- Desistance and the (Absence of) the 'Woman Question' -- Aims of Desisting Sisters -- Desistance Contexts -- Northshire -- Southton -- Easton -- Central Town -- Northton -- Weston -- Formal Desistance Settings -- The Women's Centres -- The Housing for Northshire Project -- Participant Profiles -- Chapter Outline -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 2: Explaining Desistance: Traditional Perspectives -- Ontogenetic Explanations -- Critiquing Maturational Theory -- Maturational Theory and Gender -- Sociogenic Explanations -- Marriage -- Employment -- Other Social Bonds -- Critiquing Social Bonds Theory -- Social Bonds Theory and Gender -- Subjective Explanations -- Hope and Self-Efficacy -- Shame, Remorse and Stigma -- Identity -- Narrative Theory and Gender -- Combining Explanations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3: A Case of Growing Up? A Feminist Critique of Maturational Theory -- Support for the Ontogenetic Theory -- Late-Onset Offending -- One-off Offending -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4: 'A Good Job and the Love of a Good Woman': A Feminist Critique of Social Bonds Theory -- Adult Social Bonds -- Employment -- Contexts of Employment -- Educating Northshire -- The Paradox of Volunteering -- Employment, Education and the Justice System -- Romantic Relationships -- Holly's Story -- Supportive Relationships, Domestic Abuse and Desistance: Similar Desistance Outcomes for Vastly Different Experiences -- Relationships with Men and Offending -- Independence and Desistance -- Romantic Relationships and the Criminal Justice System (CJS) -- Becoming a Mother -- Gaining Stable Accommodation -- Communities, Friendships and Desistance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5: All in the Head? A Feminist Critique of Subjective Theory -- Hope and Self-Efficacy.

This third edition of MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY has been slimmed down from previous editions. Chapters have been combined and subjects updated throughout. In keeping with the theme of previous editions, this third edition addresses cultural diversity, criminal justice, and criminology. As an edited anthology, this book represents the work of national scholars who have expertise in criminal justice issues in a multicultural context. The book includes original work addressing such diversity issues as gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality in criminal justice

This paper examines the experience of disabled people in the British criminal justice system, paying particular attention to people with learning difficulties. Two aspects of the criminal justice system are discussed. The first concerns the nature of specific legislation which impacts on disabled people. The second refers to recent cases where there has been a miscarriage of justice. Several of the individuals wrongly convicted in such cases have had learning difficulties. The paper argues that disabled people experience discrimination within the criminal justice system, Tackling this discrimination must form part of the agenda for civil rights for disabled people.

Bias in the Law addresses racial bias across the full roster of criminal justice actors--from legislators to community members to police officers, from prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys to judges and jurors. The result is a key entry into understanding bias in the law, how such bias impacts outcomes, and what can be done.

This book provides a focused and critical international overview of the intersections between race, crime perpetration and victimisation, and criminal justice policy and practice responses to crime perpetration and crime victimisation --Provided by publisher.

This book examines the relationship between gender and crime and explores both the gendered nature of crime alongside the gendered nature of criminal victimisation. Covering theory, policy and practice, this new edition has been fully revised to reflect the wider changes, development and influence of gendered thinking in these areas. It brings together a range of key issues, including:Gender and victimisation, Gendered perspectives in law and criminal justice policy. Male dominance in the criminal justice system, New to the third edition is increased coverage of gender and crime in international perspective, particularly within the global south, and emerging concepts of risk and security. This is essential reading for advanced courses on gender and crime, women and crime, and feminist criminology. Sexual and domestic violence, Theories and concepts in feminist criminology.