NATIVE OFFENDERS AND CORRECTIONAL POLICY

• NCJ Number: 32545
• Author(s): C E REASONS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 60 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

WHILE EGALITARIAN PRINCIPLES ARE OFTEN USED TO PRECLUDE DIFFERENT TREATMENT FOR NATIVE OFFENDERS, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES NECESSITATE DIFFERENT HABILITATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIVES.

Abstract

TWO MAJOR MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS ARE THE ORDER/ASSIMILATIONIST AND CONFLICT/ PLURALIST MODELS. THE ORDER/ASSIMILATIONIST APPROACH HAS BEEN THE DOMINANT MODEL HISTORICALLY IN CANADIAN SOCIETY, AND IS PARTICULARLY APPARENT IN GOVERNMENT POLICY REGARDING NATIVE PEOPLE. THE ORDER/ASSIMILATIONIST MODEL HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPLE APPROACH TO CORRECTIONS BUT APPARENTLY HAS LARGELY FAILED TO HABILITATE. GIVEN THE FACTS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR NATIVE CULTURAL REVITALIZATION, EMERGENCE OF RED POWER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS A CONFLICT/PLURALIST MODEL IS PROVIDING A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE ORDER/ASSIMILATIONIST APPROACH. WHILE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONFLICT/PLURALIST APPROACH ARE MANY AND VARIED, IT UNTIMATELY FITS IN BETTER WITH THE EXTERNAL REALITIES OF CANADIAN SOCIETY AND THE AIMS OF HABILITATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)