CRM 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Public Safety Canada, Indian Act, Donald Marshall, Jr.
24 Nov 2016
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Key concepts in aboriginal law the role of the criminal law in defining aboriginal rights aboriginal people and the criminal justice system self-governance as a goal. Over-representation of aboriginal people in the criminal justice system. Over-representation of aboriginal people as victims of crime. Report of the aboriginal justice inquiry of manitoba (1991) When communities need help, they are not there- too much scrutiny. Arrests will be made where there are more police. Over policing creates justification for over policing. Wrong kind of policing not culturally appropriate. The sense of oppressiveness, the sense of illegitimacy that has come to characterize. Aboriginal peoples" perception and experience of the justice system . The royal commission on aboriginal peoples (1996) Lack of trust in the system oppressive. If it is accepted, then people will use it. A system that is entirely unfair, oppressive; there are laws and rules that are imposed on us.
