Final Report from the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform ; vol. I
[Volume II: Submissions to the Commission]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Warren Weir
J. Wilton Littlechild
Hugh Harridans
Glenda Conney
Joe Queqezance
Irene Fraser
Hugh Harradence
Description
Two volume report identifies eight critical areas to be considered when looking at justice reform: leadership, community promotion and crime prevention, victimization and violence, restorative justice, policing, institutions, racism, and children and youth.
Volume II Submissions to the Commission.
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.
Includes a general overview of restorative justice principles and processes, and discusses the complexity of balancing enforcement, victim issues and rehabilitation.
[Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rae Mitten
p. 44
Description
Published as part of the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform. Identifies gaps in research on the implications of FAS for the justice system.