The Perils of Justice: The Experiences of Black Immigrants and Other Racialized Families in Contact with the Justice System in Canada

This scoping review explores and digests the experiences of Black immigrants and other racialized families in contact with the criminal justice system in Canada. Canada has a rich history of racial injustice, colonization, and exploitation of Black immigrants and other racialized families in contact with the justice system. Black people, for instance, experience significant disparities in several social and economic indicators, including education, employment, health, and housing (Saad, 2017). A growing concern is how this legacy of colonialism continues to play out within the criminal justice system, such as in Canada (David & Mitchell, 2021). Canada is also a country built on immigration; as such, people from all over the world have come to Canada in search of a better life as refugees or immigrants seeking to escape persecution or violence in their home countries. The Black immigrant and other racialized families' experience in Canada has been largely under-researched and under-theorized. This scoping review study seeks to address this gap by examining the experiences of racialized families in contact with the justice system in Canada.