Episode 15: Black Overrepresentation in the Canadian Youth Justice System: The role of ethnic associations

In this episode, we welcome Dr. Robert Ame to talk about his work on Black overrepresentation in the Canadian Youth Justice System and why he thinks ethnic associations play a critical role in the search for a solution. Dr. Ame's work focuses mainly on children's rights, crimes against humanity, youth justice and transitional justice - including the youth justice system in Canada and Ghana.

Episode Notes

Executive Producers for this episode are:

• Dr. Robert Ame is an Associate Professor of Human Rights and criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. He teaches children's rights, crimes against humanity, youth justice and transitional justice. He is a criminologist and human rights scholar. He holds an MA and PhD from the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, and a BA in criminology and MPhil in sociology from the University of Oslo, Norway. He also earned a BA (Hons.) in Sociology with Psychology from the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra.

Funding and Support for This Episode

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio.