LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Victim Surcharge, Crown Attorney, Donald Marshall, Jr.
10 Aug 2016
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They asked nsrc to look at the issue of wrongful conviction in this case. Overrepresentation= look at population of country and then look at that same population that are incarcerated. Aboriginal make up about 5% of pop but 25% of prison pop is aboriginal. However this argument isn"t good since it is not usually the immigrants who end up in jail but there kids, who are raised in canadian society. Differential enforcement: if crime is proportionate across all areas, then we should be able to find crime exactly where we look for it. This theory says that of course police find more crimes with minorities because they police that group a lot more effort. They turn a blind eye to white neighbourhoods. Explanation for racism in legal system: very subtle, takes place across the system. First step is to be recognized as being a part of a racial group.
