Crime & Law
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Pursuing Justice
An Introduction to Justice Studies, Second Edition
This second edition features updated content from the popular first edition as well as new content about social justice and racism, the experiences of racialized persons with police, settler colonialism and issues of justice for gender and sexual minorities — all from a Canadian perspective.
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Coming Back to Jail
Women, Trauma, and Criminalization
Drawing on the stories of forty-two incarcerated women, Coming Back to Jail broadens the focus to examine the role of trauma in the women’s lives.
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Busted
An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada
Visually engaging and approachably written, Busted is a timely examination of Canada’s history of drug control and movements against that control. Susan Boyd argues that in order to chart the future, it is worthwhile for us as Canadians to know our history of prohibition.
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Power and Resistance
Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues, Sixth Edition
“The perfect teaching tool to introduce students to some of the pressing challenges facing contemporary Canada and the world.”
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Screening Justice
Canadian Crime Films, Culture and Society
What do Canadian films say about crime and justice in Canada? What purpose to Canadian crime films serve politically and culturally?
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Gender, Race & Canadian Law
A Custom Textbook from Fernwood Publishing
A custom textbook from Fernwood Publishing suitable for undergraduate courses in criminology.
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Gender, Law & Justice
A custom text book compiled from previously published Fernwood material intended for courses focusing on gender and criminal justice studies.
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More Harm Than Good
Drug Policy in Canada
In More Harm Than Good, Carter, Boyd and MacPherson take a critical look at the current state of Canadian drug policy and raise key questions about the effects of Canada’s increasing involvement in and commitment to the “war on drugs.”
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The Vigilant Eye
Policing Canada from 1867 to 9/11
In The Vigilant Eye, Greg Marquis combines the narrative and chronological approach of traditional institutional history with the critical approaches of social history, legal history and criminology.
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Marginality and Condemnation, 3rd Edition
A Critical Introduction to Criminology
A newly updated version of this groundbreaking, critical introductory criminology textbook. Resources available with this edition include Power Point slides and a testbank.
