CRM 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parole Board Of Canada, Real Change, Restorative Justice

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 308
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Aboriginal over-representation is a phenomenon of post-war canada. Prior to the end of the second world war, Aboriginal people were not over-represented in prison, but the numbers of aboriginal people in canadian jails began to increase after the war. 1(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1012) canadian bar association report + locking up natives in canada. In 1988, the canadian bar association (cba) committee on imprisonment and release issued locking up natives in. The report detailed levels of aboriginal over-representation throughout canada, with a particular emphasis on the western provinces. The report showed that approximately 10 percent of federal male inmates and 13 percent of federal female inmates were aboriginal. The numbers were even greater in many provincial jail populations, particularly in the western provinces. Even more worrying was the fact that rates of over-representation were increasing over time. 1996 royal commission on aboriginal peoples + bridging the cultural divide.