On October 13, 2007, Mr. Robert Dziekański, a Polish immigrant seeking to join his mother in Canada, arrived at the Vancouver International Airport. What transpired over the next several hours is a tale of horrific blundering and brutality resulting in the death of Mr. Dziekański. Overwhelmed by four heavily armed RCMP officers, Dziekański received the…
Paul F. McKenna
Paul F. McKenna is the president of Public Safety Innovation, Inc. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary program at Dalhousie University.
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Guns and Gangs: A Deadly Duo
Two new books have different takes on a worrisome Canadian trend July–August 2007
Guns and gangs: serious social order issues that plague Canadian society. It is also the label the Toronto Police Service has fastened upon one of its high-profile crime-fighting squads. Rodrigo Bascuñán and Christian Pearce offer an interesting study of the prevailing gun culture in Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent…