| Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority Contributor(s): MacLeod, R. C. (Editor), Schneiderman, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080207362X ISBN-13: 9780802073624 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 363.209 |
| LCCN: 95103517 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schneiderman, David: - David Schneiderman is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. |