SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Color Blindness, Institutional Racism, Critical Race Theory
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The legislature makes laws = parliament, governor general, members of parliament, select committees: examine, debate and vote on bills, which are then assented to by the governor general and become acts (statues) The executive initiates & administers law = cabinet ministers, the public sector: decide policy, draft bills, enforce and administers acts. The judiciary applies law = judges: hear and decide cases by applying relevant law to facts and review decisions of administrative bodies. A study done on crime and punishment showed that 16. 9% of inmates in federal prison are aboriginal even though they only make up 3. 8% of the population. Survey also showed peoples perception on the crime and punishment. Caucasians help the highest number of inmates, however, this was not most canadians first guess. Social construction of race and the justice system: racial minorities and aboriginal people experience differential treatment in their encounters with the justice system (police systems, the courts, and correctional facilities).
