NGO Report on Canada's Nineteenth and Twentieth Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Description
Focus on murdered and missing Aboriginal women and children, protection of lands and resources, duty to consult and accommodate, and the impacts of incarceration.
Analyzes data on prisoner numbers, imprisonment rates, age, sentence length, offense type and recidivism. Also looks at physical and mental health and role as mothers.
Assesses the applicability of the Level of Service Inventory - Ontario Revision (LSI-OR) in predicting both general and violent re-offending by using a sample of offenders from Ontario.
Responding to the increasing number of Aboriginal people in Montreal coming into contact with the criminal justice system this study looks at over-reliance of imprisonment and lack of programming regarding a prevention approach.