The Power to Criminalize - Violence, Inequality and the Law (Paperback, New)

The tension between traditionalist legal theories that maintain that the law dispenses justice in an impartial fashion and critical theories that maintain that the law reproduces gender, race, and class inequalities provides a context for this investigation into law's complicity in perpetuating disparities. Police reports, prosecuting lawyer reports, memos, interviews with defense lawyers, sentencing reports, and other primary sources from Canadian violent crime cases illustrate the prejudicial strategies used in litigation. Linguistic nuances that describe a neighborhood celebration as a "birthday party" or a "drinking binge" are among the ways stereotypes are perpetuated. This analysis raises questions about how the law can be applied to realize a more just society.

General

Imprint:	Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	September 2004
Authors:	Elizabeth Comack • Gillian Balfour
Dimensions:	23 x 15 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-55266-128-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	1-55266-128-8
Barcode:	9781552661284

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