Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Victimless Crime, Color Blindness, Social Inequality
29 Oct 2018
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Di erential involvement: colour blind system, racism is a myth in the cjs, commit more crimes. Di erential selection: di ering social control behaviour, evident in victimless crimes and public order, caucasians treated di erently, di erent police presence in neighbourhoods with racial minorities, cjs is absolutely racist. Stats canada 2016/17: 46% of all youth in custody are indigenous (8% of total canadian youth population, 47% of all male youth serving custodial sentences are indigenous" 60% for. Indigenous female youth: manitoba: 81% of incarcerated male youth are indigenous; 82% for female youth, saskatchewan 92% of incarcerated male youth are indigenous; 98% for female youth. Consequences of inequalities created by a legacy of colonialism: 150,000 indigenous children and youth compelled to leave their homes and attend. Criminogenic factors (lapraire, 1996: low educational attainment, high rates of unemployment, erosion of traditional support systems. Sentencing discrepancies largely explained by legal factors. Longer sentences justi ed in order to receive rehabilitation services.
