LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Public Inquiry, Restorative Justice, Peremptory Challenge
24 Mar 2017
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Lecture 7: march 9th, 2017 minority groups: introduction. Criminal justice system: critics of packer argue that due process might respond to racial discrimination in individual cases but on a view of the whole system it may not change much, minorities and due process. Minorities who are the accused persons in the criminal justice system. Canadian courts were slow to recognize and appreciate the implication of due process decision for minorities: investigative stops. Investigative stops which is like detention was aimed primarily at minority groups. There was a study done called the ericcson study where the study found that police engaged in what they referred to as constant proactive steps to remind marginal people of the order of things. Their goal was to prevent crime from taking proactive steps to stop the criminal act before it happens. Police were using this to show dominance over a certain minority group. We see this in toronto in the 1990s.
