A provocative study of public and professional responses to female teacher sex scandals, this book employs queer theory, psychoanalysis, and feminist film theory to examine sensationalized legal cases, including Mary Kay Letourneau, Amy Gehring, and Heather Ingram.

Kimberly White provides an essential point of reference from which to evaluate current criminal law practices and law reform initiatives in Canada.

Laws and definitions of sexual abuse may have changed since the 1980s, but this book demonstrates that interpretation of the law still depends on the social construction of children and on judges’ own understanding of what constitutes child sexual abuse.

Exploring constitutional and administrative policy changes that underscore the urgent need for Aboriginal justice reform.

By looking curiously on the criminal addict as an artefact of criminal justice, this book asks us to question why the criminalized drug user has become such a focus of contemporary criminal justice practices.

Five unique case studies reveal how crime is being constructed and enforced in contemporary Canada.

A new generation of critical criminologists examines the future of criminology and criminal justice in Canada.

This history examines shifting constructions of homosexuality over time through a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec.

A groundbreaking exploration of the causes and consequences of Halifax’s tough-on-crime measures in the interwar era.

This book explores the tension between Aboriginal justice methods and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, while searching for practical ways to implement Aboriginal justice.