Disability Injustice: Confronting Criminalization in Canada

by Kelly Fritsch and Jeffrey Monaghan

Book Overview

An exploration of disability in the historical and contemporary Canadian criminal justice system.

Ableism is embedded in Canadian criminal justice institutions, policies, and practices, making incarceration and institutionalization dangerous--even deadly--for disabled people. Disability Injustice brings together original work from a range of scholars and activists who explore disability in the historical and contemporary Canadian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774867132
• ISBN13: 9780774867139
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"