CRM 3316 Study Guide - American Indian Quarterly, Sweat Lodge, Critical Incident Stress Management
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Okimaw ohci healing lodge: a movement for change in aboriginal female offender. The over representation of the aboriginal population in canada"s corrections facilities have been an ongoing dilemma in both federal and provincial institutions. Canada"s model for handling incarcerated populations moves towards a more dynamic approach, how we deal with our largest population within it is also evolving. Currently 18 percent of all federal inmates are aboriginal, which is exacerbated in the prairie regions where aboriginal males constitute 37 percent, and aboriginal women account for 51 percent of federal institutional populations (griffiths, 2007:297). Aboriginal over incarceration rates can be traced back as a result of the historical colonialist political legal. Policing processes, along with the added implementation of white stream justice. Furthermore, it is aggravated by a blemished past of failed policies and treaties that served to repress and assimilate aboriginal traditional way of life into mainstream western rule (monture-angus & samuelson, 2002:157-161).
