The issue covers growing debates around reinstating the death penalty during the Conservative government of 1987. The author considers how a shift in a variety of socioeconomic factors such as an increase in unemployment and inflation has festered a political climate rooted in fear and anxiety. They also consider the role of media in feeding this newfound anxiety around crime and criminality in Canada.
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Coded by: Marianne Richard
Crime and Criminality, Crime statistics, Death penalty/capital punishment
