Sociology 2256A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Victims Family, International Classification Of Health Interventions, Social Capital

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2256A/B
• Professor: Laura Huey

Document Summary

Aboriginal peoples in canadian society: the legacy of colonization: residential school system, widespread sexual victimization, fractured families, destroyed cultures and values, and shredded the fabric of many first nations communities, racism and discrimination. Other factors that attribute to the overrepresentation : age, aboriginal pop. 2x as likely to be victimized multiple times. Addressing aboriginal over-representation in the justice system: governments, not-for-profit organizations, and first nations have made attempts to address aboriginal over-representation, aboriginal police services, aboriginal-focused community corrections, aboriginal-focused institutional programs, speech from the throne in 2001. 13 phases of the hollow water community holistic circle healing process: disclosure, protect the victim, confront the victimizer, assist the spouse, assist the family/community, meeting of assessment team and rcmp, circle with victimizer, Prepare victi(cid:373) a(cid:374)d victi(cid:373)izer, prepare victi(cid:373)(cid:859)s fa(cid:373)ily, prepare victi(cid:373)izer(cid:859)s fa(cid:373)ily, Holistic healing with opk: deal holistically with the effects of colonialism. Includes cognitively and emotionally come to terms with their position as colonized people.