CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: New Westminster Police Department, Canadian Association Of Elizabeth Fry Societies, Crown Attorney
2 May 2018
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Lecture 2 – September 21, 2017
Non-governmental Advocacy:
- Mechanism of availability
- Mobilize opinion and lobby
- Toronto Police Accountability Coalition
- Black Lives Matter (Toronto)
- Elizabeth Fry Society
- John Howard Society
- “t. Leoards “oiety
Case Study: Ian Bush case (2005)
- 22-year-old from Houston, BC
- attending hockey game and drinking open beer
- arrested and taken to detachment
- shot in the back of the head in detachment
o Accountability:
▪ Public coroners request
▪ Lawsuit by defendant
▪ North District Major Crime Unit
▪ New Westminster Police Department
▪ Crown Attorney from another office (prince George and Victoria) – not
Houston
▪ Criminal justice branch concluded evidence did not support charging
- The nature and effects of criminal justice are shaped by broader intersecting social
relations of power
- Intersectionality
o Similarities and differences in which inequality can be compounded
o Whos targeted, ho pay ore for ail, ho gets ore puitie treatet
Arrest and Pre-trial Detention:
- White suspects more likely released
o At the scene – ex. Drug possession
o Police discretion – can have racialized overtones
- Race significant predictor of detention
o Held overnight
o More time held before trail than white – pretrial detention
- Greater court surveillance
o Whites have less bail conditions
- Over-represented in breaching orders
Socio-Historical Context: Change Over Time and Place
- Definitions of crime, modes of punishment and severity of punishment change over
time and place
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Document Summary
Attending hockey game and drinking open beer. Houston: criminal justice branch concluded evidence did not support charging. The nature and effects of criminal justice are shaped by broader intersecting social relations of power. Intersectionality: similarities and differences in which inequality can be compounded, who(cid:859)s targeted, (cid:449)ho pay (cid:373)ore for (cid:271)ail, (cid:449)ho gets (cid:373)ore pu(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. White suspects more likely released: at the scene ex. Drug possession: police discretion can have racialized overtones. Race significant predictor of detention: held overnight, more time held before trail than white pretrial detention. Greater court surveillance: whites have less bail conditions. Definitions of crime, modes of punishment and severity of punishment change over time and place. Influenced by many historically and culturally specific factors: moral beliefs, discrimination, political ideologies and agendas, grass-roots political struggles, economic interest, the media, etc. 1923: criminalization: no arrests until 1931, 1961 usage sky rocketed.
