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Women, Trauma, and Criminalization
Published some two decades ago, Elizabeth Comack’s Women in Trouble explored the connections between the women’s abuse histories and their law vio...
Men’s Pathways out of Drugs and Crime
Realizing a good life is almost always defined in material terms, typified by individuals (usually men) who have considerable wealth. But classed, gen...
Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Policing is a controversial subject, generating considerable debate. One issue of concern has been “racial profiling” by police, that is, the alle...
Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs
With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gan...
Realizing the Legacy of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Report
A commentary on : "Final report and recommendations" of the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Report supports a goal of reducing ...
Aboriginal People's Encounters with the Police
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The Legal Recognition of the Battered Woman Syndrome
This monograph analyzes the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in Lavallee [R. v. Lavallee (1990)] to recognize the Battered Woman Syndrome as re...
Connecting Women's Law Violations to Their Histories of Abuse
Based on interviews with 24 women incarcerated in a Canadian provincial prison for a range of offenses, this book examines the experiences of these wo...
Critical Readings in the Sociology of Law
Violence, Inequality, and the Law
"Law's power to criminalize -- to turn a person into a criminal -- is formidable. Traditional legal doctrine argues that law dispenses justice in an i...
Connecting Women's Law Violations to Their History of Abuse