Police, Race and Ethnicity

A Guide for Police Services

• Author(s): Brian K. Cryderman, Augie Fleras, Christopher N. O'Toole, Ontario Committee for the Standardization of Police Education in Race and Ethnic Relations,
• Publisher: Butterworths
• Pages: 290
• ISBN_10: 0433409231
  ISBN_13: 9780433409236
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Law Enforcement , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... This guide for law enforcement officers in Ontario is intended to provide some understanding of the multicultural reality of policing in Canada and to lessen mistakes through cultural ignorance. Section one deals with key sociological terms, theories, terminology and concepts relating to race and ethnic issues. Section two discusses the pros and cons of the multicultural nature of Canadian society, and the trend towards a community policing model of enforcement. Part three gives a profile of seven minority groups providing a history, language, family, religion and heritage background for each to give police a better understanding of the community.