An Introduction to Crime and Justice

Majzoub, Samer (1 November 2018). Justice Has Yet To Be Served For Indigenous Women. Huffington Post

This blog post discusses the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and questions whether it will result in change..

Immarigeon, R. (2019). Wrongful Conviction: From Prevention to the Reversal of Injustice/When Justice Fails: Causes and Consequences of Wrongful Convictions/Miscarriages of Justice in Canada: Causes, Responses, Remedies.. Journal of Community Corrections, 28(2), 20–28. This article discusses the causes and impact of wrongful convictions.

Humphreys, Adrian. (17 August 2015). Policing in Canada: From Grim Statistics to Protests, What it’s Like to Patrol the Streets. National Post.

This article from the National Post details a constable’s long history with the Regent Park section of Toronto.

Dubinski, Kate.(23 April 2019).Lawyers argue Canada's prostitution laws violate sex workers' charter rights

This article from CBC argues that Canada’s prostitution laws which are based on the flawed belief that sex work is inherently exploitative and harmful are unconstitutional.

Statistics Canada. (2019)Police Reported Crime 2018

Key statistics about crime in Canada are presented in this infographic. Produced annually by Statistics Canada.

Monchalin, Lisa (2016).  The Colonial Problem: Indigenous Perspectives on Crime and Injustice in Canada.

The author challenges the myth of the "Indian problem" and encourages readers to view the crimes and injustices affecting Indigenous peoples from a more culturally aware position.

CASE CITED

R v Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 SCR 326

Back to top