Comacks Approach To The Issue Of Prisons

Review Essay AssignmentIntroductionThis is a compelling book and I recommend it without hesitation. The book is simply the best on the market that breaks the “Northern taboo” by talking frankly about the issues of race and racialized police in Canada. It moves away from the simplistic claims such as “police are racist bigots” or that the problem is one of the “few bad apples.” It analyses the complicated issue with an objective sense and sensibility. It is theoretically rigorous and marshals an abundance of empirical qualitative material based on years’ of field work and high-profiled cases. It is timely: the normalization of these abuses leads to less recognition and more scorn against those who try to assert any issue with the status quo. In addition, it is very readable, with many vivid descriptions. Finally, it is accessible enough for a student text and it is available as an inexpensive paperback in these straightened times. Readers will be familiar with the examples of police relations with Aboriginal people and Black Canadians offered by Elizabeth Comack, a sociologist and author at the University of Manitoba who researches issues relevant to inner-city communities. Contrary to investigations that conclude racism was not a