SOSC 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Drug Possession, Intersectionality, Marc Emery

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2652
• Professor: Jordan House

Document Summary

22-year-old man caught by a rookie police officer for openly drinking in public and for lying about his name: went to different district (new west minister pd) for independent review. Arrested and taken to detachment, then shot in the back of the head. Theme 5: inequality and intersectionality the nature and effects of criminal justice are shaped by broader and intersecting social relations of power: racial, sexuality and gender bias, rich vs. poor on resources in the criminal justice system. Intersectionality: interconnected nature of social categorizations of a given group that create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage similarities and differences in which inequality can be compounded. Who"s targeted, who pay more for bail, who gets more punitive treatment. *the nature and effect of criminal justice are shaped by broader intersecting social relations of power. Race significant predictor of detention: at the scene, ex.