CRM 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sentenced
11 Feb 2018
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18% (2008-9) sentenced admissions to federal custody. 20% (2008-9) sentences admissions to provincial or territorial custody. Sentenced admissions of aboriginal people to provincial/territorial custody increased to. 12% more likely to have committed violent offences. 9% more sexual offences; 3% more robbery. 36% more likely to have committed break and enter. 27% more often to have breached probation. More have served a prior youth or adult sentence (93%) Higher proportion of younger (under 30 at admissions) aboriginal offenders. Higher proportion of criminal friends (57% vs. 47%), and criminogenic living. More often sentenced for sex offences (15%) Fewer were sentenced for drug related offences (15%) Aboriginal identity population is also increasing in non-birth cohorts. Aboriginal women are more likely to be victims of spousal violence. Aboriginal people more likely to have contact with police. Make sure to know what information was collected. Often nothing added to what is already known. Make sure to know what the predictive validity.
