CRIM 131 Lecture 3: CRIM-131_-NOTES-part-1-18-18
7 Jun 2018
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○Case cost $100 million
○How was he able to murder so many women without being noted or stopped?
●Victims of crimes pay a higher price than the CJS agents
●“Police do not take Aboriginals seriously, only until someone is murdered”
●2006 Highway of Tears symposium: allowed community to come together and address
the problem of the disappearances and the murders (500,000 people, 92 organizations,
RCMP, etc.)
○Community was interested in talking about it and raising awareness
○What could have been done better (RCMP)? The RCMP to have a better
reaction and being more helpful to the Aboriginal families of the victims
○Lots of systematic research
●People must realize that the victims are not always vulnerable women, there are women
from many different backgrounds as victims
●Recommendations were made as a way of improving this issue
○There is no money available to implement recommendations
○Government has not done much, not offered to fund these recommendations
●RCMP E-PANA: group in charge of the Highway of Tears situation
○Began in the Fall of 2005
○Links to Highways 97,5, 16
○2007 cases doubled from 9 to 18
○Casses date back as 1969
○Number of murdered or missing women is unknown
●Majority of cases of Aboriginal women, across Canada, being reported as missing are in
the majority neglected
●It is upon the government to make public transportation available, to make sure that
they are safe when going from one place to the other
Lecture 3: Challenges and Considerations of the CJS Monday, 29th January 2017
Justice in a multicultural society
●Protecting rights of all citizens
●Challenges (political and cultural)
●Cultural (cultural safety)
●Freedom of religion (Accommodation of religious practices). Right that is not always
given in every scenario.
●Legal issues (if you don’t speak the language it might be challenging to navigate the
CJS)
●Challenges of balancing these issues within the law
●Some cultural practices clash with things that are considered harmful under the law
●The CJS should strive to be culturally safe, and for workers to recognize their own biases
Document Summary
Victims of crimes pay a higher price than the cjs agents. Police do not take aboriginals seriously, only until someone is murdered . 2006 highway of tears symposium: allowed community to come together and address the problem of the disappearances and the murders (500,000 people, 92 organizations, Community was interested in talking about it and raising awareness. The rcmp to have a better reaction and being more helpful to the aboriginal families of the victims. People must realize that the victims are not always vulnerable women, there are women from many different backgrounds as victims. Recommendations were made as a way of improving this issue. There is no money available to implement recommendations. Government has not done much, not offered to fund these recommendations. Rcmp e-pana: group in charge of the highway of tears situation. 2007 cases doubled from 9 to 18. Number of murdered or missing women is unknown.
