CRI365H1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 67 pages long!)

• School: UTSG
• Department: Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
• Course: CRI365H1
• Professor: Mayanaand Jacqui

Document Summary

Study guide: indigenous peoples & criminal justice lecture 1. Locating ourselves: territory, treaties, the crown & settler colonialism. Vocabulary to be covered in this lecture: Jurisdiction- boundaries of authority to govern, territorial jurisdiction, biopolitical (population) jurisdiction. Aboriginal- legal term associated with indian act and constitution act. First nations- political term- refers to organizations i. e. mississaugas of the new credit first nation. Indigenous- general term produced, living or existing naturally in a particular region or environment. Settler not indigenous, vs colonizer not going anywhere, no where to return to. These three are inadequate and we need new ways of thinking. Key term: terra nullius: empty island, settler jurisdiction est"d without contest, created with no conquest. Indigenous people as in a natural state: nomadic, pre-political, no property, no law, noble savage, Key term: genocide: territory acquired by force, settler jurisdiction est"d through battle. Indigenous peoples as vanquished: through disease and war, displacement, legal practices destroyed.