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African Canadian Women and the Criminal Justice System

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People of African descent have resided in Canada since before the existence of the first slave during the last part of the 16th century. No other settler community has experienced continuous, pervasive and often brutal episodes at the hands of the social justice system.

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Wane, N. (2013). African Canadian Women and the Criminal Justice System. In: Wane, N., Jagire, J., Murad, Z. (eds) Ruptures. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-446-8_9

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