Punishing Black Bodies in Canada: Making Blackness Visible in Criminal Sentencing

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dc.contributor.advisorPaciocco, Palma
dc.contributor.authorJones, Danardo Sanjay
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T12:43:21Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T12:43:21Z
dc.date.copyright2019-09
dc.date.issued2020-05-11
dc.date.updated2020-05-11T12:43:21Z
dc.degree.disciplineLaw
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameLLM - Master of Laws
dc.description.abstractThe plight of African Canadian offenders in the Canadian criminal justice system is well recognized. However, there is limited scholarly or jurisprudential focus on the role an African Canadian offenders race, colour and ethnicity should or does play in the crafting of a fit and just sentence. In recent years courts in Nova Scotia and Ontario have been accepting what are called Cultural Impact Assessment Reports or Impact of Race and Culture Reports (CIARs/IRCARs) in cases where a Black offender is being sentenced. This thesis discusses whether the reliance on or utilization of CIARs/IRCARS deflects from individual responsibility and proportionality and places undue emphasis on the cultural legacies and historical oppression, mistreatment and disadvantages of African Canadians. It also considers whether and how criminal sentencing may provide an effective platform to address and remedy anti-Black racism and other forms of structural violence that contribute to Black mass incarceration.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37393
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal Sentencing
dc.subject.keywordsCritical Race Theory
dc.subject.keywordsBlackness
dc.subject.keywordsPunishment
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal Law
dc.subject.keywordsStructural violence
dc.subject.keywordsAnti-Black Racism
dc.subject.keywordsMass Incarceration
dc.titlePunishing Black Bodies in Canada: Making Blackness Visible in Criminal Sentencing
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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