CRIM 1650 Lecture 14: Lecture 14

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Reality: dilemmas of definition and measurement: absence of canadian statistics on race and crime. The canadian center for justice statistics does not report data on race because it is not clear how we should interpret that data. This connection might legitimate racist and extreme policies: available data confined to prison populations, over representation of aboriginal peoples in both federal and provincial prison systems. Most crimes committed by aboriginal people are minor. 4% population: over-representation of blacks-particularly in ontario. 9. 5% federal and 2. 5% population: according to u. s data, african americans are over represented in both arrest statistics and prison populations. Due to relatively minor offenses especially drug offenses. Explaining the race-crime link i: disproportionate offending: historical legacies of colonialism and slavery. In canada colonization of aboriginals started in the 1500s with the expansion of. Years later, the government decided that it would control/ regulate aboriginal people through the indian act.