Peter Wronski ©1992-2002

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Crime & Punishment In Canada is a six-part survey of major issues, personalities, events and periods in the history of justice and policing in Canada.

From traditional tribal justice among the original inhabitants of Canada and draconian pioneer punishments of the French and British colonies, to twentieth century transnational organized crime, private enterprise prisons and serial homicide, Crime & Punishment documents the darker side of Canada’s development, growth and emergence as a nation over the last five centuries.

The focus of Crime & Punishment is on the evolution of Canadian society through its relationship to the institutions of law and order: the police, the judiciary, and the prison system. From pirates, outlaws, anarchists and rebels to mass murderers, bikers and mobsters, the series reveals the nature of crime, conformity, law, morality and rebellion in Canada. It documents how the Canadian justice system reflected social, economic, and cultural aspects of various geographical and political regions, interests and periods in our nation’s history.