CRM 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: True Crime, Nationstates, The Roots
21 Feb 2017
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The representation of ethno-racial groups in canada"s federal corrections system (2011) Aboriginals only comprise a small amount in the general population of canada, but they comprise a large percent of the population in prisons because of the injustices that they face. This locates the cause of crime as the result of the oppression, alienation, and inequalities that exist in a colonial society. Crime is a response to these colonial conditions and violence is the result of alienation. Colonialism is not just an unfortunate part of history. It has shaped the nation-state, national identities, institutions, and the criminal justice system. Colonial criminology does not believe that the high rate of aboriginal incarcerations is an. Indian or native problem; it is a colonialism problem. The true crime is what has been done to these communities over time and the true criminals are the nation-states that have been formed using colonialism. However, this is not true since race is socially constructed.
