Chapter One A Popular Criminology for Canada 1
The Crisis in Canada 1
Hegemony 7
Strategies for Progressives 16
The British Conjuncture: A "Visible" Reconstruction 16
The Conjuncture in Canada: An Invisible Reconstruction 23
Socialism and Social Policy in Canada 31
Socialism and Police Question in Britain and Canada 36
Socialism and the Prison Question in Canada 51
Prisons and the Popular Image of Security 52
Prisons and Economic Cycles 53
The Elaboration and Expansion of State Social Control 56
The Violence in Canadian Jails 60
Some Other Pressing Questions on Crime for Socialists 64
A Concluding Note 67
Chapter Two Some Reflections on Homicide and Violence in Canada 83
Introduction 83
The Symbolic Function of Capital Punishment 85
Criminology and the Explanation of Homicide 89
Popular Ideology, Mass Media and Homicide 92
The Homicide in Canada Papers: Some Behavioural Questions 99
Postscript: Homicide in Canada since 1976 105
Chapter Three Justice Expenditure, Welfare Expenditure and the Restructuring of the Canadian State 116
Introduction: The Growth of Public Expenditure 116
The Theory of the Welfare State 121
Economic Management 124
Socialization of Costs 125
Maintenance of Social Peace 126
The Nature of the Crisis 128
Claus Offe's Theory of Welfare and Justice under Capitalism 133
Restructuring State Expenditure in Canada: Some Preliminary Observations 137
References 149