CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Red Power Movement, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Canadian Bar Association

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: all

Document Summary

The need for radical change in the canadian criminal. Justice system: applying a human rights framework in d. long & o. patricia dickason, eds. , Visions of the heart: canadian aboriginal issues, 3rd ed. **** mandatory to read the executive summary, recommended to read the whole report. Pre-confederation cjs post-confederation 1867-1885 treaty making reserve system. Rebellion 1885 post-rebellion criminal justice pass system industrial/residential schools criminalization of culture and spirituality. >30 major aboriginal justice studies had been completed. > royal commission on aboriginal peoples (rcap) in 1996. > specific sub-report on criminal justice system: bridging the cultural divide. > often good intentions to address root causes but little political/social will to implement change. > recognition of colonial legacy, little ability to implement indigenous self-governance. > rcap identifies over-representation of indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system as the most representative issue concerning the discriminatory justice policies in canada. > rcap found aboriginal over-representation to be injustice personified .