Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Part One: The History of Police Powers
7. 1. The Traditional Common-Law Constable, 1235–1829: From Bracton to the Fieldings to Canada 3
8. 2. Power from the Street: The Canadian Municipal Police 24
9. 3. The RCMP and the Evolution of Provincial Policing 44
10. Part Two: Police Powers and Citizens’ Rights
11. 4. Citizens’ Rights and Police Powers 59
12. 5. Policing under the Charter 75
13. 6. Reforming Police Powers: Who's in Charge? 100
14. Part Three: Police Organization and Minority Representation
15. 7. Policing Aboriginal Peoples: The Challenge of Change 121
16. 8. An Assessment of Strategies of Recruiting Visible-Minority Police Officers in Canada: 1985–1990 138
17. Part Four: Police and Politics
18. 9. The Police and Politics: The Politics of Independence 167
19. 10. The Police and Political Science in Canada 184
20. 11. Police and Politics: There and Back and There Again? 209
21. Part Five: Two Case Studies: Montreal and Edmonton
22. 12. Police Accountability in Crisis Situations 243
23. 13. Policing: From the Belly of the Whale 309