Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority

Published by University of Toronto Press 1994

Police Powers in Canada

The Evolution and Practice of Authority

Edited by: R.C. Macleod and David Schneiderman

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678583

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Schneiderman David :

David Schneiderman is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Part One: The History of Police Powers
1. The Traditional Common-Law Constable, 1235–1829: From Bracton to the Fieldings to Canada DeLloyd J. Guth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Power from the Street: The Canadian Municipal Police Greg Marquis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3. The RCMP and the Evolution of Provincial Policing R.C. Macleod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Part Two: Police Powers and Citizens’ Rights
4. Citizens’ Rights and Police Powers Roger A. Shiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. Policing under the Charter Don Stuart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6. Reforming Police Powers: Who's in Charge? M.L. Friedland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Part Three: Police Organization and Minority Representation
7. Policing Aboriginal Peoples: The Challenge of Change Curt Taylor Griffiths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
8. An Assessment of Strategies of Recruiting Visible-Minority Police Officers in Canada: 1985–1990 Harish C. Jain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Part Four: Police and Politics
9. The Police and Politics: The Politics of Independence James C. Robb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
10. The Police and Political Science in Canada David E. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
11. Police and Politics: There and Back and There Again? Philip C. Stenning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Part Five: Two Case Studies: Montreal and Edmonton
12. Police Accountability in Crisis Situations Jean-Paul Brodeur and Louise Viau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
13. Policing: From the Belly of the Whale Christopher Braiden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 356

eBook

Published: September 15, 1994
ISBN: 9781442678583