Violence in Canada Sociopolitical Perspectives

by Ross, Jeffrey Ian; Gurr, Ted Robert

• ISBN13: 9780195410587
• ISBN10: 0195410580
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Although Canada is popularly viewed as "the peaceful kingdom," Canadians have never been a thoroughly non-violent people. Violence in Canada highlights the major areas and contexts where violence takes place. A foreword by Ted Robert Gurr (editor of the seminal Violence in America, 3/e) is followed by an account of historical violence on our western frontier. Other scholars describe contemporary violence: by and against aboriginal peoples, women, children, and the elderly; in labor-capital disputes; homicide; police and prison violence; terrorism; and government responses. Jeffrey Ian Ross's introduction outlines the sociopolitical dynamics of violence, and his summary chapter offers directions for future research. The book makes an important contribution to Canadian studies worldwide.

Author Biography

Dr. Jeffrey Ian Ross, formerly of the University of Lethbridge and Kent State University, is now a Senior Research Associate at George Washington University. He has conducted research, written, and lectured on national security, political violence, political crime, and policing for over a decade. His work has appeared in many academic journals and chapters in academic books, as well as articles in popular magazines in Canada and the United States. The editor of Controlling State Crime (Garland Publishing), in 1986 Ross was the lead expert witness for the Canadian Senate's Special Committee on Terrorism and Public Safety.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	viii	(10)
Ted Robert Gurr
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	xviii
VIOLENCE IN CANADA: AN INTRODUCTION TO ITS SOCIOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS	1	(9)
Jeffrey Ian Ross
1 VIOLENCE ON THE WESTERN CANADIAN FRONTIER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	10	(30)
Louis A. Knafla
2 ON VIOLENCE AND HEALING: ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES, 1960-1993	40	(38)
David A. Long
3 WORKER INSURGENCY AND SOCIAL CONTROL: VIOLENCE BY AND AGAINST LABOUR IN CANADA	78	(19)
Kenneth D. Tunnell
4 INTIMATE MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CANADA	97	(29)
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Desmond Ellis
5 VIOLENCE BY AND AGAINST CHILDREN IN CANADA	126	(27)
Natasha J. Cabrera
6 VIOLENCE AND THE ELDERLY	153	(33)
Vincent F. Sacco
7 HOMICIDE IN CANADA	186	(37)
Rosemary Gartner
8 VIOLENCE BY MUNICIPAL POLICE IN CANADA: 1977-1992	223	(29)
Jeffrey Ian Ross
9 A SOCIOPOLITICAL APPROACH TO THE REPRODUCTION OF VIOLENCE IN CANADIAN PRISONS	252	(34)
Michael Welch
10 TERRORISM IN CANADA, 1960-1992	286	(30)
Anthony Kellett
11 THE RESPONSES OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS TO VIOLENCE	316	(31)
Judy Torrance
12 CONCLUSION: SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS	347	(12)
Jeffrey Ian Ross
INDEX	359