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Pages: 240
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Entryways to Criminal Justice
Accusation and Criminalization in Canada
Edited by George Pavlich and Matthew P. Unger
How do societies decide whom to criminalize? What does it mean to accuse someone of being an offender? Entryways to Criminal Justice analyzes the thresholds that distinguish law-abiding individuals from those who may be criminalized. Contributors to the volume adopt social, historical, cultural, and political perspectives to explore the accusatory process that place persons in contact with the law. Emphasizing the gateways to criminal justice, truth-telling, and overcriminalization, the authors provide important insights into often overlooked practices that admit persons to criminal justice. It is essential reading for scholars, students, and policy makers in the fields of socio-legal studies, sociology, criminology, law and society, and post/colonial studies.
Contributors: Dale A. Ballucci, Martin A. French, Aaron Henry, Bryan R. Hogeveen, Dawn Moore, George Pavlich, Marcus A. Sibley, Rashmee Singh, Amy Swiffen, Matthew P. Unger, Elise Wohlbold, Andrew Woolford
Book details
Publication date: February 2019Features: Notes, bibliography, index
Keywords: Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies
Subject(s): LAW / Criminal Procedure, Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Crime & criminology, Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies, Social theory, Criminology, Law and Society
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: February 2019Features: Notes, bibliography, index
Keywords: Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies
Subject(s): LAW / Criminal Procedure, Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Crime & criminology, Law & Society / Postcolonial Studies, Social theory, Criminology, Law and Society
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
"We cannot hope to reckon with the inequalities of race, class, and gender that the justice system ramifies without thinking about how the process gets started in the first place. This timely, original, and innovative book will spur ongoing conversations, projects, and work in the field."
"We cannot hope to reckon with the inequalities of race, class, and gender that the justice system ramifies without thinking about how the process gets started in the first place. This timely, original, and innovative book will spur ongoing conversations, projects, and work in the field."
