Criminology and Police Studies
Corporate Wrongdoing in Canada
Corporate Wrongdoing in Canada offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the widespread harms caused by corporate activity in Canadian society. From polluting the environment and unsafe working conditions to consumer exploitation, wage theft, and the erosion of democratic accountability, corporations inflict profound harm that often falls outside traditional legal definitions of crime. Drawing on a social harm or “zemiological” framework, Dowler and Antonowicz challenge students to rethink how wrongdoing is defined, regulated, and permitted to persist.
Grounded firmly in the Canadian context, this book presents the historical, theoretical, and regulatory foundations of corporate wrongdoing while highlighting how corporate power is produced, protected, and normalized. Through a range of real-world Canadian case studies and examples in popular films and media, the authors examine the strategies corporations employ to evade accountability and highlight the roles of media, government, and advocacy in both enabling and resisting harm.
Organized around a unique typology of harm encompassing environmental, consumer, worker, economic, and democratic harms, the authors expand the scope of corporate wrongdoing to include areas often excluded from conventional analyses, such as long-term care, housing markets, and the privatization of healthcare and education. Written in clear, accessible language and offering a wealth of critical analysis, Corporate Wrongdoing in Canada is a thorough, engaging, and accessible text for criminology, law, and sociology students in courses focused on corporate crimes, white-collar crimes, and social harms.
Features:
- On top of its Canadian focus, this book is distinguished by its social harm, or “zemiological” approach. While traditional definitions of crime may ignore many of the most serious harms in society, the social harm approach recognizes mass harm and social injustice and challenges existing power and political structures
- Examines the way corporations inflict severe harm on all Canadians, including under-examined areas such as long-term care, privatization, and housing
- Grounded in real-world, contemporary Canadian case studies
- Includes an instructor’s manual, test bank, and PowerPoint slides
Challenging Notions, Third Edition
The expanded third edition of Challenging Notions introduces students to both the theoretical and the applied aspects of victimology and provides a critical foundation for evaluation. Tammy C. Landau, an expert in criminal justice, explores patterns of victimization in Canada, the experiences of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system, restorative approaches to victimization, and the challenges presented when the state is the perpetrator of crime. This new edition contains updated statistics, census data, case studies, and discussion questions. New intersectional topics include trauma-informed justice and social movements such as defunding the police and Indian residential schools as well as information from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With current scholarship, carefully curated cases, and thoughtful chapter discussion questions, this uniquely Canadian text is a valuable resource for second- and third-year university victimology classrooms.
Professional Ethics and Law in Education
Designed as a guide for pre-service education students and in-service teachers, Professional Ethics and Law in Education: A Canadian Guidebook provides an accessible and accurate source of information on the ethical and legal frameworks of the teaching profession while encouraging the examination of fundamental issues that underpin key debates in Canadian schooling and education.
Divided into four sections, this guidebook is grounded in the idea that teacher professionalism requires a solid understanding of the ethical and legal expectations that society has of teachers. Written for both the student and the professional, this text is an essential companion to both aspiring and active teachers. It provides clear guidance on how to navigate the complex regulatory framework of contemporary teaching while highlighting the indispensable contribution that individual judgment and shared values make to thoughtful, informed, and well-reasoned decision making in teaching, making it necessary reading for educators in Canada.
FEATURES
- each chapter includes an introduction, a list of chapter objectives and highlights, and review questions
- contains supplementary readings, additional resources, and websites for further exploration and information
- connects theory to practice through consideration of federal and provincial legal statutes, case studies, jurisprudence, and codes of professional conduct
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control in the 21st Century
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control in the 21st Century seeks to go beyond traditional criminology texts and handle the subject through a perspective focusing on power interest and social justice. Timely and accessibly written, the text provides a comprehensive overview of social and criminological theory, as well as recent trends in theorizing power and deviance. It also delves into the significant implications the committal and control of crime have for human rights.
This text aims to answer the questions: “Who has the power to decide which acts are deviant?”; “Whose interests are being served by a given law?”; and “Which social groups are being disadvantaged when society has been constructed along such legally demarcated lines?” The contributors dissect the criminalization of dissent, the changing nature of what constitutes deviance, internet hate, self-harming, transgender identities, the growing rise of transnational criminal enterprises, internet fraud, and the increased public attention on police practices.
With a Canadian focus placed in a global context, the text challenges readers to consider crime and deviance as socially structured phenomena, while recognizing that crime is a worldwide issue. Crime, Deviance, and Social Control in the 21st Century is a critical resource for undergraduate students in criminology, police services, and sociology.
FEATURES
- offers an accessible and comprehensive introductory overview of criminology theory
- employs a social justice approach to the fundamentals of criminology, deviance, law, and social control
- includes bolded key terms, a glossary, real-world case studies, and questions for critical thinking
Canadian Ethics and Law
Rental
Rental
Aug 2018
Ethics and Canadian Law Enforcement
By Richard Parent, Catherine Parent
346 PagesCriminology and Police Studies / Ethics / Health Studies / Law and Legal Studies
Rental
Rental
Jul 2022
Canadian Law and Business Studies
By Richard O. Gasparini, Norman M. Fera
362 PagesBusiness / Business Law / Law and Legal Studies
Rental
Rental
May 2020
Canadian Communication Policy and Law
By Sara Bannerman
384 PagesCommunication and Cultural Studies / Criminology and Police Studies / Law and Legal Studies
Rental
Rental
Dec 2022
Professional Ethics and Law in Education
A Canadian Guidebook
By Bruce Maxwell, Dianne Gereluk, Christopher Martin
268 PagesEducation / Law and Legal Studies / Theory, Policy, Practice
Mental Health and Youth Justice
Rental
Rental
Dec 2015
Trauma-Informed Youth Justice in Canada
A New Framework toward a Kinder Future
By Judah Oudshoorn
360 PagesChild and Youth / Criminology and Police Studies / Juvenile Crime / Social Work
Sociology of Crime and Justice
Rental
Rental
Aug 2019
Police Response to Mental Health in Canada
By Uzma Williams, Daniel J. Jones, John R. Reddon
357 PagesCriminology and Police Studies
Rental
Rental
Jan 2019
Security and Risk Technologies in Criminal Justice
Critical Perspectives
By Stacey Hannem, Carrie B. Sanders, Christopher J. Schneider, Aaron Doyle, Tony Christensen
308 PagesCriminology and Police Studies / Media and Technology / Political Science / Sociology / Sociology of Crime and Justice
Justice Studies and Victimhood
New
New
Jan 2024
Challenging Notions, Third Edition
Critical Victimology in Canada
By Tammy C. Landau
Criminology and Police Studies / Justice Studies / Victimology
Rental
Rental
Mar 2023
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control in the 21st Century
A Justice and Rights Perspective
By Claudio Colaguori
Criminology and Police Studies / Deviance / Justice Studies / Sociology of Crime and Justice
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