NCJ Number
139208
Journal
Canadian Journal of Criminology Volume: 34 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (July-October 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
C LaPrairie,
S Clark
Date Published
1992
Length
284 pages
Annotation
This special journal issue emphasizes several consistent themes relevant to criminal justice for aborigines in Canada: customary law, crime and disorder, community variation in the extent of and formal response to crime, community-based policing, and courts and corrections for adults and youth.
Abstract
Each article addresses an area of justice that is important for aboriginal people, communities, researchers, and policymakers. The first series of articles examines the existing crime and deviance situation on and off reserves, paradigms of local aboriginal justice systems (informal justice and communitarian and individualistic values), crime and social problems, crime patterns, and crime control. Subsequent articles focus on servicing Indian reserves (Amerindian police); race, gender, and homicide; aboriginal female suicides in custody; juvenile justice; policing native communities; and community participation in sociolegal control. Final articles deal with the characteristics of aboriginal recidivists, the Dene Justice Project, and how Canada's Federal correctional institutions treat native offenders. References, notes, tables, and figures