Discrimination and denial : systemic racism in Ontario's legal and criminal justice systems, 1892-1961 / Clayton James Mosher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosher, Clayton James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Ontario.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Ontario.

Genre:

Livres numeriques.

History.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Many people believe that race relations in Canada are characterized by tolerance and compassion, and their complacent attitude has largely gone unchallenged, owing to an absence of racially based, systematic, and empirical data. In this study, Clayton Mosher combines extensive qualitative and quantitative data in new ways, and examines the antecedents of systemic racism in Canada's legal and criminal justice systems. He focuses on the experiences of Asians and Blucks in the province of Ontario for the 1892-1961 period and presents evidence of racism in Canada's immigration policies, as well as in its society through poor access to housing and property, employment, and services. His analysis demonstrates that Canadian law has been used to control and disadvantage Asians and Blacks through both direct action and interpretation, and through silence and complicity."--BOOK JACKET. "Mosher finds the explanation of criminal justice outcomes for minority groups in the interrelationships between the criminal justice system and other social institutions. He follows how differential police attention accorded minorities resulted in their experiencing higher rates of arrest, particularly for drug and public-order crimes, and how minorities' treatment in the criminal courts was negatively affected by the views held by court officials. Discrimination was rationalized in the popular media through stereotypical images of Asians and Blacks that defined them as threats to White victims."--Jacket

Contents:

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction

Minority-Group Crime

Police Bias in Dealing with Minority Groups

The Attention to Race and Crime Issues in Canadian Social Science

Plan of the Book

Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Approaches

Perspectives on the Sociology of Law

Review of Sentencing Literature

Canadian and British Literature on Criminal Justice Outcomes

Early Discussions of Minority-Group Crime and Criminal Justice Outcomes in the United States

Decision as ContextVictim/Offender Relationships

Spatial/Social and Temporal Context

Methodology

Data Sources

Qualitative Data

Chapter 3: Asians: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation

Immigration

Asian Lifestyles and Restrictive Legislation

Chapter 4: Blacks: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation

Early History

The U.S. Influence

Access to Housing, Employment, and Services

Miscegenation

The Resistance to Change

Chapter 5: Criminal Courts and the Racialization of Crime in Ontario

""The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1892�1930""""The Racialization of Crime""; ""The Racialization of Crime: Asians""; ""The Racialization of Crime: Blacks""; ""The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1930�1961""; ""Chapter 6: Drug and Public-Order Crimes""; ""Drug Legislation and Enforcement""; ""Canada's Narcotics Legislation""; ""The 1920s""; ""The Policing of Narcotics Offences""; ""Sentencing""; ""Sentence Length""; ""Public-Order Offences""; ""Chinese and Gambling""; ""Blacks and Public-Order Crime""; ""Chapter 7: Property and Violent Crimes""; ""Property Offences""

Violent OffencesChapter 8: Summary and Prospects for Change

Conclusion

Postscript

Appendix A: Data-Analysis Methods

Dependent Variables

Independent Variables

Analysis Strategies

Appendix B: Coding Classifications

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-04531-8

9786612045318

1-4426-7396-6

OCLC:

431544546