Parole in Canada : Gender and Diversity in the Federal System Hardback
by Sarah Turnbull
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Just as Canada’s population has changed in the past four decades, so too has its prison population.
The increasing diversity among prisoners raises important questions about how we punish those who break the law.
Parole in Canada is the first book to explore how concerns about Aboriginality, gender, and the multicultural ideal of “diversity†have been interpreted and used to alter federal parole policy and practice. Using the Parole of Board of Canada as a case study, this book shows how certain facets of offender differences are selectively included for “accommodation,†while fundamental institutional structures, practices, and power arrangements remain unchanged.
Sarah Turnbull argues that, as the current approach fails to challenge outdated notions about gender, race, and aboriginality within the penal system, instead of addressing concerns around diversity, these measures end up contributing to further exclusion and discrimination within the system.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:244 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/05/2016
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- ISBN:9780774831932
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:244 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780774831932
