Curt T. Griffiths
Simon Fraser University
Published by Emond Publishers
Seventh Edition © 2025

This edition of Canadian Criminal Justice: A Primer, the seventh, is designed with the same basic objectives as the previous editions: to present in a clear and concise fashion materials on the criminal justice system in Canada and to highlight the key issues surrounding this country’s efforts to ensure the safety and security of communities while addressing the needs of vulnerable and at-risk persons and persons in communities of diversity.

This edition of the text is divided into six Parts:  Part I “Canadian Criminal Justice; Part II “The Police”; Part III “The Criminal Courts”; Part IV “Corrections”; Part V: “Youth Justice”; Part VI “Reconsidering Criminal Justice”. With the exception Part V, each Part contains three chapters.