Canadian judges have made notable, although too limited, strides to recognize the unique conditions of Black Canadians in sentencing processes and decisionmaking. The use of Impact of Race and Culture Assessments in sentencing people of African descent has gradually gained popularity since they were first introduced in R v “X.” These reports provide the court with the necessary information about the effect of systemic anti-Black racism on people of African descent and how the experience of racism has informed the circumstances of the offence, the offender, and how it might inform the offender’s experience of the carceral state. This paper lays out the legislative authority for considering systemic and background factors in sentencing Africa...
Canada’s Indigenous population has been over represented in Canada’s prison population for a conside...
La théorie de l’acculturation a été utilisée dans le champ multidisciplinaire de l’interculturel pou...
This study examines the effects of media produced constructions of Black masculinity and crime on To...
Should the approach to the sentencing of “Black offenders” in Canada be different from the approach ...
Join Charlotte and Maria Dugas, Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law, as they discuss t...
The Canadian criminal justice system is facing serious criticism for being racist. Certain Canadian ...
This article discusses the relationship between racist policing, the exercise of prosecutorial discr...
Due to the persistent and tenacious practices of anti-Black racism, embedded in White supremacist po...
In the 1997 RDS case, the Supreme Court of Canada deliberated on the concept of judicial race bias. ...
This article takes as a starting point the claim that anti-Black racism permeates Canadian society a...
This article explores the racial dimensions of the various collateral consequences that attach to cr...
This thesis explores whether and how criminal sentencing may provide an effective platform to addres...
An analytic essay on racism against Indigenous peoples in Canadian juries.AgoraCopyright held by aut...
Despite various socio-legal attempts to promote equity, the Canadian legal system continues to be cr...
This paper examines the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on racial injustice in...
Canada’s Indigenous population has been over represented in Canada’s prison population for a conside...
La théorie de l’acculturation a été utilisée dans le champ multidisciplinaire de l’interculturel pou...
This study examines the effects of media produced constructions of Black masculinity and crime on To...
Should the approach to the sentencing of “Black offenders” in Canada be different from the approach ...
Join Charlotte and Maria Dugas, Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law, as they discuss t...
The Canadian criminal justice system is facing serious criticism for being racist. Certain Canadian ...
This article discusses the relationship between racist policing, the exercise of prosecutorial discr...
Due to the persistent and tenacious practices of anti-Black racism, embedded in White supremacist po...
In the 1997 RDS case, the Supreme Court of Canada deliberated on the concept of judicial race bias. ...
This article takes as a starting point the claim that anti-Black racism permeates Canadian society a...
This article explores the racial dimensions of the various collateral consequences that attach to cr...
This thesis explores whether and how criminal sentencing may provide an effective platform to addres...
An analytic essay on racism against Indigenous peoples in Canadian juries.AgoraCopyright held by aut...
Despite various socio-legal attempts to promote equity, the Canadian legal system continues to be cr...
This paper examines the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on racial injustice in...
Canada’s Indigenous population has been over represented in Canada’s prison population for a conside...
La théorie de l’acculturation a été utilisée dans le champ multidisciplinaire de l’interculturel pou...
This study examines the effects of media produced constructions of Black masculinity and crime on To...