CRM 3312 Lecture Notes - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3312
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

1999 aboriginal youth accounted for nearly of youth admissions to custody (yet they represent only 7% of population: more pronounced in the prairies (manitoba custody admissions 75% aboriginal, although only 16% of population, greater chance of going to jail than graduating from high school, over representation among victims (35% f aboriginals vs. 26% non), 3xs more likely to be victims of violent crime, violence occurs in aboriginal communities, victims are aboriginal, high prevalence of family violence, linked to later victimization and criminal activity. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (fasd: an organic brain disorder when fetus is exposed to a certain amount of alcohol, prevalence in aboriginal communities 25 200 per 1000 births; 1 10 per 1000 births non aboriginal communities, chartrand & forbes chilibeck (2003); found half of the cases studied had fasd (youth, youth were sentenced for crimes that involved compromised abilities to control behaviour due to. Causes of aboriginal youth criminal involvement: more indirect.