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.
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-111
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Métis Federation - Winnipeg Regional
Description
Survey (done in 2000) of prisoners, their families, community representatives and service providers was conducted to discover what supports and services were needed while the men were incarnated and upon their release.
Overview of some factors that show correlation between ciminality and living conditions, and compares Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal invovement in the criminal justice system.
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.
Statistics include demographic information, most serious offences and charges, sentence length, responses to geographic questions, mobility patterns, and conclusions. National results as well as provincial and territorial.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 25-27
Description
Study drew data from case files in order to compare socio-demographic, case needs and criminal offence/history characteristics of offenders from each group.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 28-31
Description
Study analyzed dynamic risk factors associated with offenders who committed their most serious offences in large cities, small cities or rural communities as well whether these factors are more pronounced in Aboriginal population