... briefly review the limited Canadian research on race, crime, and criminal justice and highlight that any understanding of this issue must explicitly focus on how race intersects with other important identity markers -- including social class, gender, age, immigration status, religion, language, and sexual orientation. Although the focus is on intersections, it should be stressed that the discussion provided below is not organised by intersections. Rather, the paper is divided into four broad topic areas within criminology: 1) criminal offending; 2) bias within the justice system; 3) victimisation; and 4) access to justice. Important intersections between race and other identity markers are discussed within each of these broad topic areas. The paper concludes with a discussion of important data needs and the potential obstacles Canadian researchers face when trying to conduct research in this area. Criminal Offending International research has consistently revealed that, along with age and gender, race is ...

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