Join Dr. Brian Burtch, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, as he discusses the ongoing debate over prison abolition, bringing forward arguments for far-reaching community–based alternatives for offenders, as well as counterarguments against the abolition of prisons in Canada.
The idea of abolitionism is associated with efforts to remove unjust laws and unfair social practices. Targets of abolition include slavery, the death penalty, corporal punishment and torture, and penal practices such as the Gulags in the former Soviet Union. There is no charge for this presentation to be held at North Island College’s Comox Valley Campus on March 22, 2007, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre.
Burtch has served as Academic Director of SFU’s integrated studies program and he has also served as an Associate Member in Women’s Studies for approximately a decade. His publications are many and include: The Silent system: An Inquiry into Prisoners who Suicide (co-authored with Richard Ericson), Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery, and Discovering Barriers to Legal Education: First-Generation Immigrants in the Lower Mainland (with Kerri Reid and Paul Woodward).
Dr. Burtch’s presentation is timely as this coming fall a new Criminology program starts at North Island College. This lecture is free to students and the general public. Visitors should arrive early to get a good seat in the theatre.
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