Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Conditional Sentence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: Mc Keown

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Aboriginal courts: people have different needs, what is the most appropriate sentence for an aboriginal person, what we can do to help this population -overrepresentation in canadian prisons. Aboriginal overrepresentation: aboriginals make up 3-4% of entire population, but account for 18% of adults admitted into remand. Explanations for aboriginal overrepresentation: maybe aboriginals just commit more crimes, maybe the nature of the crime is more serious, overt or systemic racism, studies question whether or not a person looks aboriginal, if this affects harshness of sentence. What is the goal of our prison system: class thoughts, separation, rehabilitation. Justice: not everyone has the same values, rehabilitation, reparation, responsibility. System should act as a deterrent to criminals and should function to punish offenders: you do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it a (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es outweigh the (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e (cid:894)ex. Steali(cid:374)g(cid:895: right vs. wrong, holding people accountable, following law, peaceful.