Parole in Canada: Gender and Diversity in the Federal System
Sarah Turnbull
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Description for Parole in Canada: Gender and Diversity in the Federal System
Hardback. Parole in Canada explores how concerns about aboriginality, gender, and the multicultural ideal of "diversity" have altered parole policy and practice - and asks whether these changes go far enough. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP1; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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. ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774831932
SKU
V9780774831932
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Ref
99-1
About Sarah Turnbull
Sarah Turnbull is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. She has published articles on punishment in Canada in the British Journal of Criminology, Punishment & Society and the Canadian Journal of Law & Society.
Reviews for Parole in Canada: Gender and Diversity in the Federal System
Sarah Turnbull’s book is an important and timely qualitative addition to the field of law and justice ... Turnbull masterfully explains the intersections between the Canadian federal parole system and race, gender, Aboriginal status and identity without oversimplifying this complex issue. Parole in Canada is a highly accessible text that should find its way into every law, social justice and ... Read more