CRM 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Reverse Discrimination, Foster Care, Substance Abuse
11 Feb 2018
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November 14th, 2016: v ipeelee, 2010 scc 13, [2012] 1. s. c. r. Involved 2 men - manasie ipeelee, frank ladue. Determined a just sentence for breach of long-term supervision orders. When sentencing an aboriginal offender, a judge must consider [the factors outlined in. Substance abuse; personally, in the immediate family, extended family and community. Poverty; as a child, as an adult, offender"s family, or community. Overt/covert racism; in the community, by family members, strangers, school or workplace. Family (divorce, born out of wedlock) or community breakdown. Abuse; sexual, emotional, verbal, physical, and spiritual. Who was the perpetrator: stranger, family member, authority figure, friend. Unemployment, low income, lack of employment opportunity. Dislocation from an aboriginal community, loneliness and community fragmentation. Foster care or adoption; at what age, for how long, was the foster/adopted family non- aboriginal. Main social issues affecting the offender"s home/origin country. Quality of offenders relationships with family and extended family. Over-representation occurs with other groups and requires a larger response.
