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Title | Indigenous Women and Sexual Assault in Canada |
Alternate Title(s): | Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism |
Created by: | Tracey Lindberg, Priscilla Campeau, Maria Campbell |
Description: | Examines four prominent cases involving sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls by white men to demonstrate how the Canadian legal system has failed both to protect Indigenous women and to properly punish those responsible. The four cases are: R v Edmondson, R v Jordan, R v Ramsay, and R v Ramsay. Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy. |
Publisher: | University of Ottawa Press |
Publication Date: | 2017 |
Categories: | Indigenous Studies Portal > Law & Justice > Case Law Indigenous Studies Portal > Law & Justice > Crime & Offences Indigenous Studies Portal > Society > Cross-Cultural Relations > Racism & Discrimination Indigenous Studies Portal > Law & Justice > Sentencing Indigenous Studies Portal > Society > Women |
Names: | Campbell, Maria [Find offline items] |