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'Restrain the Lawless Savages': Native Defendants in the Criminal Courts of the North West Territories, 1878–1885
In: Journal of historical sociology, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 157-183
ISSN: 1467-6443
This article examines the imposition of Canadian criminal Law on the native population of the North West Territories 1878–1885. In spite of severe deprivation as a result of the difficulties of adjusting to an agricultural economy, the crime rate among the native population was strikingly low. With the single exception of livestock theft, native crime rates were less than 20% of those of whites. The authors conclude that the Canadian authorities adopted a cautious and selective approach to introducing criminal sanctions. Native dispute settlement institutions remained viable and individuals were able to choose which system best suited their circumstances.
Lawful authority: readings on the history of criminal justice in Canada
In: New Canadian readings
Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority
In: Canadian public policy: Analyse de politiques, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 479
ISSN: 1911-9917
Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority
In: Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 136
Police powers in Canada: the evolution and practice of authority
The television spectacles of Oka and the Rodney King affair served to focus public disaffection with the police, a disaffection that has been growing for several years. In Canada, confidence in the police is at an all-time low. At the same time crime rates continue to rise. Canada now has the dubious distinction of having the second highest crime rate in the Western world. How did this state of affairs come about? What do we want from our police? How do we achieve policing that is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? The essays in this volume set out to explore these questions. In their introduction, the editors point out that constitutional order is tied to the exercise of power by law enforcement agencies, and that if relations between the police and civil society continue to erode, the exercise of force will rise - a dangerous prospect for democratic societies
Police powers in Canada: the evolution and practice of authority
The television spectacles of Oka and the Rodney King affair served to focus public disaffection with the police, a disaffection that has been growing for several years. In Canada, confidence in the police is at an all-time low. At the same time crime rates continue to rise. Canada now has the dubious distinction of having the second highest crime rate in the Western world. How did this state of affairs come about? What do we want from our police? How do we achieve policing that is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? The essays in this volume set out to explore these questions. In their introduction, the editors point out that constitutional order is tied to the exercise of power by law enforcement agencies, and that if relations between the police and civil society continue to erode, the exercise of force will rise - a dangerous prospect for democratic societies.