ABSTRACT
I would like to thank Molly Dragiewicz, Stephen L. Muzzatti, and Martin D. Schwartz for their helpful comments and criticisms.
The deterioration of inner cities in the United States suggests that the brand of capitalism espoused by many leaders in the United States offers an unattractive option. Galbraith’s message seems particularly appropriate for Canada. Our “contented majority” is more concerned with protecting individual wealth than with creating a society that has less crime. (Hackler, 2007, p. 141, emphasis in original)
Since Canada’s colonial beginnings, its economy, culture, criminal justice system, and scholarship have been heavily shaped by foreign influences (Donnermeyer et al., 2011; Grabb, 2004). Certainly, Canadian critical criminology is profoundly guided by U.S., French, and British contributions dating back to the seminal work of Taylor, Walton, and Young (1973). One of the most powerful influences was the late Ian Taylor, who spent most of the 1980s (1982-9) at Carleton University in Ottawa.2 His impact on Canadian progressive sociological thought is still felt today and, in this current era, Canada is witnessing a growth in new criminology programs (Huey, 2011), some of which include a relatively large number of critical criminologists. For example, in the winter of 2011, nearly ten of such scholars were affiliated with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Social Science and Humanities. Critical Criminology, the official journal of the American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division on Critical Criminology (DCC), was also based at UOIT.
