Ranging from the mainstream to critical, Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader contains a widely diverse selection of largely original readings on the Canadian criminal justice system. This text gives voice to people from all aspects of the industry, including readings from a judge, a defense attorney, a crown attorney as well as a life prisoner. It focuses on the most topical issues and pressing problems in today's society, such as plea-bargaining, racial discrimination, prisoner's rights, and wrongful convictions in Canada. Engaging students in all aspects of Criminal Justice.

Part One: Introductory Readings
Chapter 1: Criminal Justice in Canada: an overview
Chapter 2: Criminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
Chapter 3: The Funhouse Mirror: Media Representations of Crime
and Justice

Part Two: Voices of Actors in the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 4: Scenes From the Life of a Police Officer
Chapter 5: The Role of the Prosecutor
Chapter 6: The Role of a Defence Counsel
Chapter 7: A Day in the Life of a Judge
Chapter 8: The Probation Officer’s Report
Chapter 9: The Professional Life of a Federal Parole Officer
Chapter 10: Release From Prison: a Life Prisoner’s Story

Part Three: Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Chapter 11: Community Policing in Canada: The Broad Blue Line
Chapter 12: Who’s Policing the Police? Police Governance and
Oversight in Ontario
Chapter 13: The Decision to Detain or Release: The Nuts and Bolts
of Bail
Chapter 14: Plea Bargaining
Chapter 15: Crime, Criminal Justice and Aboriginal Canadians
Chapter 16: Criminal Justice Responses to People with Mental
Illnesses
Chapter 17: Drugs and the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Chapter 18: Wrongful Convictions in Canada: Causes,
Consequences, and Responses
Chapter 19: Innocent but Presumed Guilty: The Wrongful
Conviction of William Mullins-Johnson
Chapter 20: Why Say Sorry When I Didn’t Do It? Remorse and the
Dilemma of the Wrongfully Convicted
Chapter 21: The Changing Nature of Youth Justice: Assessing the
Impact of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Chapter 22: Young People Doing Time: Consequences of Custody for
Young Offenders
Chapter 23: Responding to Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 24: Crime Victims and the Justice System
Chapter 25: Criminal (In)justice: Responding to Corporate Crime
in the Workplace
Chapter 26: Domestic Violence and Mandatory Criminal Justice
Interventions: Re-evaluating the Zero Tolerance Approach
Chapter 27: Prisoner’s Rights in Canada
Chapter 28: Deaths in Custody

Ranging from the mainstream to critical, Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader contains a widely diverse selection of largely original readings on the Canadian criminal justice system. This text gives voice to people from all aspects of the industry, including readings from a judge, a defense attorney, a crown attorney as well as a life prisoner. It focuses on the most topical issues and pressing problems in today's society, such as plea-bargaining, racial discrimination, prisoner's rights, and wrongful convictions in Canada. Engaging students in all aspects of Criminal Justice. Students are exposed to individuals working in or who have passed through the criminal justice process, because the voice of practical experience has greater value than mere theory. The text highlights empirical research that sheds light on the way that the justice system functions in Canada. Many readings have been commissioned especially for this new edition. CourseMate provides instructors with all of the reporting tools needed to track student engagement, while students can access an interactive e-book and study tools in a dynamic, online learning environment.