Ethnoracial inequalities in the criminal justice system and democracy: an analysis of the Canadian case
This article aims to analyze the issues raised by ethnoracial inequalities in the criminal justice system in a democratic context, with an analysis in two steps. We first outline a portrait of these inequalities in Canada. We then highlight the consequences of these inequalities, as well as the tensions between them and the founding principles of liberal democracy. We conclude by examining potential solutions that have been identified in the literature to address these inequalities and, by extension, overcome the breach of trust that they can provoke towards the criminal justice system and, more broadly, the society in which the concerned persons and communities live.