SOC201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Victimless Crime, Homicide, Alternative Dispute Resolution
8 Dec 2013
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Chapter 7: aboriginal peoples of canada and victimization. Significantly experience higher risks of victimization than other groups. Effects of residential school system: systematic victimization that made this group uniquely vulnerable. More likely to report living in crowded living conditions (i. e. more than 1 person living in a room in a home) Three times more likely to live in a home the requires major repairs (more likely on reserve compared to off) Aboriginal people are on average younger than non-aboriginal (48% below age 24 vs. 31%) Aboriginal children 14 and under were likely to live with a lone parent (45%) or guardian (37%) or another relative (8%) reported in 2006: more then double the non-aboriginal population living with lone parent (17%) Lower education achievement, higher unemployment, substandard living conditions (i. e. lack of safe drinking water, inappropriate sewage disposal, inadequate heating sources) then other canadians.
