Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802028632 ISBN 13 : 9780802028631

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1994

Synopsis

The television spectacles of Oka and the Rodney King affair served to focus public disaffection with the police, a disaffection that has been growing for several years. In Canada, confidence in the police is at an all-time low. At the same time crime rates continue to rise. Canada now has the dubious distinction of having the second highest crime rate in the Western world.

How did this state of affairs come about? What do we want from our police? How do we achieve policing that is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? The essays in this volume set out to explore these questions. In their introduction, the editors point out that constitutional order is tied to the exercise of power by law enforcement agencies, and that if relations between the police and civil society continue to erode, the exercise of force will rise - a dangerous prospect for democratic societies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

R.C. MACLEOD is a member of the Department of History at the University of Alberta.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802028632
• ISBN 13: 9780802028631
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Éditeur: Macleod R.C., Schneiderman David
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• Personne responsable: non disponible