CRJS 4401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stamen, Petal, Restorative Justice
19 Apr 2017
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Lecture 9 march 31 indigenous people and criminal justice system. If an aboriginal and western scientist were studying a plant, they would study it different. The westerner would see the roots, stem, leaf and flower, petal, anther, stigma, ovary etc. Not really it is a (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e agai(cid:374)st the i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediate (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373), their fa(cid:373)ily (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers a(cid:374)d : breaking the relationship with her own body, bill c-41 (1996) section 718. 2(e) Indigenous people and restorative justice: to deal with the over representation of aboriginals, must consider all the oscial factors that may have played a role in the individuals life. And also the sentencing judge must consider other sentencing procedures. Similarity between indigenous justice and restorative justice: you do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the resour(cid:272)es to (cid:271)e su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iety. O (cid:449)e pull the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual out, feed them with all the skills, and then put them back into society and expect them to develop.
