CRM 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Toronto Star, Upper Class, Class Conflict

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2302
• Professor: Adina Ilea

Document Summary

Discrimination in canadian criminal justice system: some recent news stories. Unequal justice: aboriginal and black inmates disproportionally fill ontario jails (the. Study: blacks more likely to be wrongfully convicted: most people on death row are poor people. Crime funnel (public safety, 2015: funnel picture. As crime happens and they go through the system the number gets narrower. As we go down the funnel the number decreases. At each point in the funnel cases are thrown out. Discretion: there is discretion at every level of the criminal justice system. People are being funneled in or out of the system at every level. Socio-economic factors (race, class) play a significant role. Some harmful acts are more likely to be labelled criminal than others. From the book, the rich get richer and the poor get prison: we have to transform the right to counsel to the right to equal council: slide with picture of brock turner. Received 6-month custodial sentence (served 3 months)