Criminology

"Grey literature (or gray literature) is materials and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels. Common grey literature publication types include reports (annual, research, technical, project, etc.), working papers, government documents, white papers and evaluations. Organizations that produce grey literature include government departments and agencies, civil society or non-governmental organizations, academic centres and departments, and private companies and consultants". 

Wikipedia - Grey Literature

Though the Library acquires books related to long-term care, many of the publications on this topic fall into the category of grey literature, particularly government documents and reports published by associations and NGO's generally.  The following guides highlight approaches to searching for grey literature:

• Finding Grey Literature
• Grey literature: What it is & how to find it
• Grey Matters: a practical tool for searching health-related grey literature
• Quick Summary: What is Grey Literature?
• What Is Grey Literature?

• Canadian Civil Liberties Association

  The criminal justice system, Policing powers, Use of force and police accountability, Bail and pre-trial detention, Prisons and jails, Privacy, Search and seizure, Warrants, Record checks
• Canadian Criminal Justice Association

  Conditional sentencing, Mandatory minimum sentences, Pardons (Record suspension), Parole, Victims
• Canadian Race Relations Foundation
• Cleaning up the mandatory minimums mess (2018)
• Elizabeth Fry Society

  Women-centred, gender-responsive and anti-oppressive research about women in conflict with the criminal justice system
• NEW Interim report on the inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination of Black persons by the Toronto Police Service

  Data analyzed by Dr. Scot Wortley confirms that Black people in Toronto are far more likely to have police use force against them that results in serious injury or death. Between 2013 and 2017, a Black person was nearly 20 times more likely than a White person to be involved in a fatal shooting by the Toronto Police.
• The Invisible Burden : police records and the barriers to employment in Toronto (2018)

  Empirical evidence of the negative effects of police records on the employment potential of Torontonians
• John Howard Society (research reports)
• Mandatory minimum penalities (Stats Canada, 2017)

  An analysis of criminal justice system outcomes for selected offences
• Mandatory Minimum Sentences (Canada Dept. of Justice, 2017)

  This report outlines a values and evidence approach to reforming the Purpose and Principles of Sentencing as expressed in Sections 718 to 718.21 of the Criminal Code.
• Ontario Anti-racism Directorate
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Race, crime and justice in Canada (2017)

  A post on the John Howard Society blog summarizing statistics that indicate Indigenous and Black people are the subjects of unfair treatment throughout the criminal justice system, from contact with police to sentencing and parole
• Confronting Anti-Black Racism (X University)
• Toronto For All

  Anti-Black racism -- Homelessness -- Islamophobia -- Trans Youth of Colour -- Indigenous Peoples of TKaronto
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Widening the lens of criminal justice reform

  A series of articles looking at the criminal justice system from different perspectives
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Concluding observations on ... Canada (2017)

  Some conclusions: the absence of recent reliable and comprehensive statistical data on the ethnic composition of the population; continued use of the term “visible minority” to describe minority groups, [which] renders invisible the differences in the lived experiences of diverse communities; the absence of a new national action plan against racism, applicable to the federal, provincial and territorial levels, since the previous plan lapsed in 2010