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• Title:Gangsterism : Canada's law of criminal organizations / Karen Marie Katz.
  
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• Author/Creator:Katz, Karen Marie, author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : Carswell, [2013]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE8984 .K38 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Organized crime--Canada.
  Gangs--Canada.
  Criminal law--Canada.
  Criminal justice, Administration of--Canada.
  
• Description:xvii, 418 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"The first publication to examine the phenomena of Canada's law of criminal organizations using a multi-disciplinary approach drawing on law, criminology and politics, Gangsterism: Canada's Law of Criminal Organizations gives you new insight on Canada's organized crime law and an enlightening perspective on the challenges of investigating, combatting, prosecuting and defending organized crime cases. This meticulously researched new resource presents a thorough assessment of the evolution of the Canadian criminal procedures to date, beginning from the enactment of criminal law, through policing, prosecution, and defence, and finally to sentencing, in dealing with offences related to criminal organizations."--Pub. desc.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-408) and index.
  
• ISBN:0779856805
  9780779856800
  
• Contents:1. The socio-political context surrounding the enactment of Bill C-95
  2. Bill C-95: the legislation
  3. The socio-political context surrounding the enactment of Bill C-24
  4. Bill C-24: the legislation
  5. Bill C-14
  6. Police investigations and gang sweeps
  7. Defending persons charged with criminal organization offences
  8. Prosecuting persons charged with criminal organization offences
  9. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the organized crime provisions
  10. Sentencing for criminal organziation offences
  11. Listing of criminal organizations
  12. Listing of criminal organizations
  13. Gang activity in Canada
  14. Provincial initiatives to combat organized crime
  15. Can Canada's criminal organizations laws be amended to make them more effective.
  16. Conclusion.