LAWS 3908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Criminal Law Of Canada, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Dysfunctional Family
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Laws 3908 class 4 indigenous over-representation in canadian. A few statistics: as of 1988, indigenous peoples: broad study done by aboriginal justice inquiry of. Made up less than 15% of the population. More likely to be denied bail when charged. More likely to be charged with multiple offences. More than 2x likely to be incarcerated when convicted. In today"s day, the aboriginal population makes up 4% of the population. Aboriginal: an umbrella term encompassing a number of distinct and different groups (i. e. first. A similar study done in canada in 1996 showed that first nations people represent: The overrepresentation of aboriginal populations in the jail population is getting worse since that time. No one really understood the real reasons of the issue and therefore they weren"t sure where to start. There were systematic racism issues within the criminal justice system that resulted in over- incarceration due to: Institutional, general bias against, abuse of indigenous peoples.
