{"product_id":"canadian-policing-kent-roach-9781552216545","title":"Canadian Policing: Why and How It Should Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive and critical examination of Canadian policing from its colonial origins to its response to the February 2022 blockades and occupations. Police shootings in June 2020 should dispel any complacency that Canada does not face similar policing problems as the United States, and a vicious circle of overpolicing and underprotection plagues many intersecting disadvantaged groups. Multiple accountability measures -- criminal investigations, \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e litigation, complaints, and discipline -- have not improved Canadian policing. What is required is more active and proactive governance by the boards, councils, and ministers that are responsible for Canada's police. Governance should respect law enforcement independence and discretion while rejecting overbroad claims of police operational independence and self-governance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEven before pandemic-related deficits, the costs of the public police were not sustainable -- these budgets require fundamental change without expansion. Such change should include greater service delivery by more expert and cost-effective health, social service, and community agencies. Indigenous police services -- unfortunately, Canada's only chronically and unconstitutionally underfunded police services -- can also play a positive role. To that end, \u003cem\u003eCanadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change\u003c\/em\u003e offers concrete proposals for reforms to the RCMP, use of force policies, better community safety plans, and more democratic policing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent Roach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552216543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552216545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delve Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.83w x 0.87d","brand":"Kent Roach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078410793215,"sku":"9781552216545","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0dc43cbe-46b4-437c-855c-0abf9d721de1.jpg?v=1685475353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canadian-policing-kent-roach-9781552216545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}