Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: 18 Months, Eurocentrism, Family Therapy
22 Apr 2018
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Youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - special needs group overrepresented in the youth justice system: youth w ld, black youth are also overrepresented at all stages of the system. Difficult to know details or specifics - no official statistics available for this group. Organizations like african canadian youth justice program - working with youth in the courts. Un crc - chastised canada for failing to address the overrepresentation of african-canadian youth. Ycja fails to meet the needs of youth from these groups. One of the first analyses of aboriginal peoples + justice system - public inquiry undertaken by the manitoba government. Associate chief justice a. c. hamilton and associate chief judge c. m. Sinclair identified two correctional problems: the overuse of custody for aboriginal youth. Inappropriate programming the current system of dealing with aboriginal young offenders, by removing them from their communities, warehousing them and returning them is ineffective and inconsistent.
