Policy Issues Regarding the Overrepresentation of Incarcerated Aboriginal Young Offenders in a Canadian Context

Autor:	Irina Margaritescu, Raymond R. Corrado, Sarah Kuehn
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Political science Developmental and Educational Psychology Context (language use) Prison Criminology Law Democracy Criminal justice media_common
Zdroj:	Youth Justice. 14:40-62
ISSN:	1747-6283 1473-2254
DOI:	10.1177/1473225413520361
Popis:	Over-representation of visible minority youth in youth prisons is evident in most advanced industrial and liberal democratic countries. In Canada, federal and provincial governments have initiated policy strategies to counteract the over-representation of Aboriginal offenders. One critical national initiative, the 2003 Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), explicitly acknowledges the special status of Aboriginal youth. The current study examines (1) whether the YCJA has reduced the over-representation of Aboriginal young offenders in prison, and (2) whether the risk factor and offence profiles of incarcerated Aboriginal young offenders differ from Caucasian young offenders. Policy implications for Canada and other countries are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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