Discrimination and Denial : Systemic Racism in Ontario's Legal and Criminal Justice System, 1892-1961.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Minority-Group Crime -- Police Bias in Dealing with Minority Groups -- The Attention to Race and Crime Issues in Canadian Social Science -- Plan of the Book -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Approaches -- Perspectives on the Sociology of Law -- Review of Sentencing Literature -- Canadian and British Literature on Criminal Justice Outcomes -- Early Discussions of Minority-Group Crime and Criminal Justice Outcomes in the United States -- Decision as Context -- Victim/Offender Relationships -- Spatial/Social and Temporal Context -- Methodology -- Data Sources -- Qualitative Data -- Chapter 3: Asians: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation -- Immigration -- Asian Lifestyles and Restrictive Legislation -- Chapter 4: Blacks: Immigration and Restrictive Legislation -- Early History -- The U.S. Influence -- Immigration -- Access to Housing, Employment, and Services -- Miscegenation -- The Resistance to Change -- Chapter 5: Criminal Courts and the Racialization of Crime in Ontario -- The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1892-1930 -- The Racialization of Crime -- The Racialization of Crime: Asians -- The Racialization of Crime: Blacks -- The Social Contexts of Criminal Sentencing, 1930-1961 -- Chapter 6: Drug and Public-Order Crimes -- Drug Legislation and Enforcement -- Canada's Narcotics Legislation -- The 1920s -- The Policing of Narcotics Offences -- Sentencing -- Sentence Length -- Public-Order Offences -- Chinese and Gambling -- Blacks and Public-Order Crime -- Chapter 7: Property and Violent Crimes -- Property Offences -- Violent Offences -- Chapter 8: Summary and Prospects for Change -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Data-Analysis Methods -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Analysis Strategies.

Appendix B: Coding Classifications -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This book examines the historical antecedents of systemic racism in Canada's legal and criminal justice systems, with a particular focus on the experiences of Asians and Blacks in the province of Ontario.

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