Killer Weed - Marijuana Grow Ops, Media, and Justice

Going beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Marijuana Grow Ops: Setting the Scene

Chapter One: A Brief Socio-History of Drug Scares, Racialization, Nation Building, and Policy

Chapter Two: Problematizing Marijuana Grow Ops: Mayerthorpe and Beyond

Chapter Three: Marijuana Grow Ops and Organized Crime

Chapter Four: Racialization of Marijuana Grow Ops

Chapter Five: Civil Responses to Marijuana Grow Ops

Chapter Six: Using Children to Promote Increased Regulation: The Representation and Regulation of Children and Parents Found at Grow Ops

Chapter Seven: Alternative Perspectives

Appendix

Newspaper References

References

Notes

About the author

Susan C. Boyd is a professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

Summary

Going beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Susan C Boyd, Susan C. Boyd, Susan C. Carter Boyd, Connie Carter
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2014
• EAN: 9781442612143
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1214-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories