Sandra Ka Hon Chu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4459964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Ka Hon Chu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra Ka Hon |
| FAMILY NAME | Chu |
| SIGNATURE | CHU S K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | HIV Legal Network |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Weaponized Licensure
This article delves into the recent efforts of Asian migrant massage and sex workers in the Town of Newmarket, Ontario, and their struggle against a recently amended Personal Wellness Establishments (PWE) By-law. It starts with a historical overview of municipal licensing schemes and legislated migration controls in Canada, used to justify increased surveillance, control movement, and deny Asian women entry into Canada, before illustrating the en…
Drug Use Stigma and Reprisal
After years of advocacy by a range of civil society groups, supported by scholarly and empirical research, Canada's federal prison service implemented a needle exchange program at select carceral institutions in 2018. Since the program rollout, however, uptake has remained minimal. To understand why, we conducted the first independent and national study of the program, interviewing 30 people who were incarcerated at one of the prisons with a need…
The Law is too Grey
Overdose mortality and the legitimacy crisis facing policing have propelled momentum for drug law reform. Yet, resulting reforms and associated protections are often functionally undermined by enforcement practices and the legal environment faced by people who use drugs. To explore this tension, we conducted a community-based study in Ontario, Canada. Our findings show that people's experiences of policing at overdose events reflect a legal regim…
“The Law Doesn’t Protect Me”
Background: Amid an unprecedented overdose crisis in Canada, the federal government passed the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, which provides immunity from simple drug possession charges to overdose witnesses who phone 911. The law was meant to address the barriers posed by police presence and to encourage bystanders to seek emergency supports. Objectives: Our goal was to examine the effectiveness of the Good Samaritan law from the perspective …
That's why people don't call 911”
A Legacy of Harm
There is limited research on the gendered impacts of drug policies in Canada, despite the fact that women, Indigenous women in particular, are the country’s fastest growing prisoner population, with many incarcerated for drug-related crimes. This article highlights the results of a larger qualitative study with former prisoners in Ontario and community and medical experts from across the country. Focusing on the women research participants, we co…
Human rights violations against sex workers
The Law is too Grey
Overdose mortality and the legitimacy crisis facing policing have propelled momentum for drug law reform. Yet, resulting reforms and associated protections are often functionally undermined by enforcement practices and the legal environment faced by people who use drugs. To explore this tension, we conducted a community-based study in Ontario, Canada. Our findings show that people's experiences of policing at overdose events reflect a legal regim…
Human rights violations against sex workers
A Legacy of Harm
There is limited research on the gendered impacts of drug policies in Canada, despite the fact that women, Indigenous women in particular, are the country’s fastest growing prisoner population, with many incarcerated for drug-related crimes. This article highlights the results of a larger qualitative study with former prisoners in Ontario and community and medical experts from across the country. Focusing on the women research participants, we co…
That's why people don't call 911”
“The Law Doesn’t Protect Me”
Background: Amid an unprecedented overdose crisis in Canada, the federal government passed the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, which provides immunity from simple drug possession charges to overdose witnesses who phone 911. The law was meant to address the barriers posed by police presence and to encourage bystanders to seek emergency supports. Objectives: Our goal was to examine the effectiveness of the Good Samaritan law from the perspective …
Weaponized Licensure
This article delves into the recent efforts of Asian migrant massage and sex workers in the Town of Newmarket, Ontario, and their struggle against a recently amended Personal Wellness Establishments (PWE) By-law. It starts with a historical overview of municipal licensing schemes and legislated migration controls in Canada, used to justify increased surveillance, control movement, and deny Asian women entry into Canada, before illustrating the en…
Drug Use Stigma and Reprisal
After years of advocacy by a range of civil society groups, supported by scholarly and empirical research, Canada's federal prison service implemented a needle exchange program at select carceral institutions in 2018. Since the program rollout, however, uptake has remained minimal. To understand why, we conducted the first independent and national study of the program, interviewing 30 people who were incarcerated at one of the prisons with a need…
The Law is too Grey
Overdose mortality and the legitimacy crisis facing policing have propelled momentum for drug law reform. Yet, resulting reforms and associated protections are often functionally undermined by enforcement practices and the legal environment faced by people who use drugs. To explore this tension, we conducted a community-based study in Ontario, Canada. Our findings show that people's experiences of policing at overdose events reflect a legal regim…
Criminology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law enforcement (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works)