PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Smudge Stick, Canada 2006 Census, Sun Dance

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Shelley Brown

Document Summary

Aboriginal people are over-represented in the cjs. Proportion of aboriginal ppl involved in cjs out of line w/proportion of aboriginal ppl living in canada. Per the most recent statistics, although aboriginal people make up about 3% of the general population in. Canada, aboriginal offenders make up approximately 17% of federal prison inmates and currently represent about 12% of all offenders serving time in the community. Commission by aboriginal ppl of type of offences that are more likely to result in prison sentences ( ) Cj policies that have diff impact on aboriginal offenders due to their socio-economic conditions ( ) Differential cjs processing as result of racial discrimination ( / : aboriginal offending rates. Aboriginal ppl exhibit higher overall crime rate & more extensive contact w/cjs compared to non- Statistics canada (2006): rates of violent crimes higher on reserves than rest of canada. Aboriginal offenders more likely than non-aboriginal to commit schedule i (vs schedule ii) offences.