How do societies decide whom to criminalize? What does it mean to accuse someone of being an offender? Entryways to Criminal Justice analyzes the thresholds that distinguish law-abiding individuals from those who may be criminalized. Contributors to the volume adopt social, historical, cultural, and political perspectives to explore the accusatory process that place persons in contact with the law. Emphasizing the gateways to criminal justice, truth-telling, and overcriminalization, the authors provide important insights into often overlooked practices that admit persons to criminal justice. It is essential reading for scholars, students, and policy makers in the fields of socio-legal studies, sociology, criminology, law and society, and post/colonial studies.
Contributors: Dale A. Ballucci, Martin A. French, Aaron Henry, Bryan R. Hogeveen, Dawn Moore, George Pavlich, Marcus A. Sibley, Rashmee Singh, Amy Swiffen, Matthew P. Unger, Elise Wohlbold, Andrew Woolford A complex and wide-reaching volume that asks how and why people are constructed as "criminals." "We cannot hope to reckon with the inequalities of race, class, and gender that the justice system ramifies without thinking about how the process gets started in the first place. This timely, original, and innovative book will spur ongoing conversations, projects, and work in the field." Notes, bibliography, index
Acknowledgements
Introduction // George Pavlich & Matthew P. Unger
1 Accusatory Entryways to Criminal Justice // George Pavlich
2 Right to Speech / Accusation, Rhetoric, and Criminal Entryways in BC Colonial Law // Matthew P. Unger
3 "Let Them Learn the Lesson of the Season" / Suspicion, Habit, and Punishment During the Red River Famine (1825–1826) // Aaron Henry
4 Entryways to Criminalization / Cases of HIV Prosecution in Canada // Amy Swiffen & Martin A. French
5 From Science to Slugging / Foucault, Law, and Truth in Prize Fighting // Bryan R. Hogeveen
6 Imprisoned at Large / The Perpetual State of Accusation // Dale A. Ballucci
7 Decriminalizing Settler Colonialism in Canada / Entryways to Genocide Accusation and Erasure // Andrew Woolford
8 "How She Appears" / Demeanour, Cruel Optimism, and the Relationship Between Police and
Victims of Domestic Violence // Marcus A. Sibley, Elise Wohlbold, Dawn Moore & Rashmee Singh
Contributors
Index
