SOC371H5 Chapter Notes -Evaluation Strategy, Homicide, Correctional Service Of Canada
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Hidden intersections: research on race, crime, and criminal justice in canada. 35(3): 99- In october 2002, the toronto star newspaper published numerous articles on race and crime. These articles revealed that black people were highly over-represented in some offense categories (such as drug trafficking). It claimed that this consistent over-representation means that police engage in racial profiling and minority offenders treated more harshly after arrest compared to white people. The cj reps denied all blames regarding racial profiling. Critics, on the other hand, argued that black people were over-represented in arrest stats because they simply engage in more criminal activity than other people (not because of differential treatment). The paper is divided into four broad topic areas within criminology: criminal offending, bias within justice system, victimization, access to justice. Important intersections between rave and other identity markers are discussed within each of thiese broad topics.
