CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maher Arar, Restorative Justice, Black Canadians
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We have 3 in toronto: located in the old city hall, gladue courts take guilty please, sentence offenders and do bail hearings. Judges recognize that aboriginal people face racism and systemic discrimination inside and outside the. Cjs: recognize the gendered impacts of colonization and human rights violations, attempts to deal with the crisis of overrepresentation of aboriginal people in prison. Judges have to consider when sentencing or setting bail, all available sanctions other than imprisonment that are reasonable in the circumstances with particular attention to the circumstances of aboriginal offenders. Goal is to reduce the over incarceration of aboriginal people. Consider alternative models and methods to punishment through incarceration. This is restorative justice: victims and offenders take an active role. Ex, victim-offender mediation, family and community group conferencing, circles of support and accountability: reparative justice seeks to recognize and address the harms suffered by victims of systematic problems such as racism.
