Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada fro Slavery to the Present (Revised and Expanded Edition)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1552663531
ISBN 13
9781773637631
Category
Social Science
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Publication Year
2025
Publisher
Pages
461
Subject
African Canadians--Crimes against; Police--Racial aspects--Canada; Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Canada; Racial profiling--Canada
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Abstract
Maynard investigates the historical and ongoing practices of police surveillance and criminalization of Black Canadians, demonstrating how systemic racism is embedded in Canadian policing institutions.
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This book examines the systemic patterns of police surveillance, criminalization, and violence targeting Black communities in Canada. Maynard analyzes the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of anti-Black policing practices, including over-policing of Black neighborhoods, racial profiling, and disproportionate incarceration rates. The work explores how Canadian institutions have perpetuated systemic racism through law enforcement mechanisms.
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