Aboriginal Victimization and Offending: The Picture From Police Records
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Jacqueline Fitzgerald
Don Weatherburn
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2002, pp. 26-28
Description
Investigates the over-representation of Aboriginal people as victims of crime in Australia. The majority of the violent offending against Aboriginal women and children is committed by Aboriginal men.
Description and evaluation of Odawa Native Friendship Centre project which aimed to provide alternatives to mainstream justice system for Aboriginals living in the Ottawa-Carleton region. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Process Evaluation Survey, interviews with members of Aboriginal Peoples Justice Circle and community service providers, and documents and data collected by community support manager.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 58-60
Description
Research conducted to examine successful reintegration, development and maintenance of successful behaviours and make recommendations based on findings.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 42-45
Description
Survey conducted through structured interviews with offenders and family members in order to provide profile of offenders and develop appropriate programming.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 20-24
Description
Argues these offenders are characterized by multiple problems including various types of abuse and identity problems. As such, they pose specific challenges for the corrections process. Information was gathered by study conducted in Vancouver.
Round table talk held with Rick August, Ken Battle, Harvey Bostrom, Louis Grignon, Carol Laprairie, Kevin Little, Sharon Manson Singer, Marie-France Raynault and Arthur Milner.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 56-65
Description
Reviews the history of residential schools, other institutions, Goffman's notion of Total Institution and the consequences these institutions have had on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Treatment/Healing for Sexual Offending Behavior Among Aboriginal Men
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Author/Creator
Lawrence A. Ellerby
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 32-36
Description
Evaluation of assessment and treatment services in Manitoba which are administered by the Native Clan Organization’s Forensic Behavioral Management Clinic (FBMC).
Discusses issues of human rights abuse towards Aboriginal women and children, and describes how various policies and practices have had a negative impact on many lives.