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. THIS EPISODE WAS FUNDED BY THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA.
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.
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