Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Prairies, Prison Officer, Paul Bernardo

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Aboriginal courts: esta(cid:271)lished so that spe(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)sideratio(cid:374) (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e give(cid:374) to the adverse (cid:271)a(cid:272)kgrou(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s of. Aboriginal offenders: o(cid:374)e of the goals of these (cid:272)ourts is to: redu(cid:272)e a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al overreprese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justi(cid:272)e system, refers to the disproportionate number of aboriginals involved in the criminal justice system oaboriginals make up approx. 3% of the canadian population, but account for 17% of adults admitted into remand othe problem is more severe in the prairie provinces (i. e. Overrepresentation reasons: oa higher aboriginal crime rate othe commission by aboriginal ppl of more serious crimes ocriminal justice practices that penalize aboriginal ppl (i. e. fine defaults) oovert or systemic racism. Special courts aboriginal offenders: developed with expertise to specialize in cases with aboriginal offenders. Judges here have to access to recourses that will allow them to. Sentencing is defined as the judicial determination of legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence.