Bridging the cultural divide : a report on Aboriginal people and criminal justice in Canada.: Z1-1991/1-41-8E-PDF
“In this report we review the historical and contemporary record of Aboriginal people's experience in the criminal justice system to secure a better understanding of what lies behind their over-representation there. Our mandate requires us to do more, of course, than provide a framework of understanding. It also charges us with providing a framework for change. That framework has two distinctive yet inter-related dimensions. The first dimension is the reform of the existing criminal justice system to make it more respectful of and responsive to the experience of Aboriginal people; the second dimension is the establishment of Aboriginal jus-tice systems as an exercise of the Aboriginal right of self-government”--Preface, p. xi-xii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Privy Council Office. Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. |
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| Title | Bridging the cultural divide : a report on Aboriginal people and criminal justice in Canada. |
| Variant title | Report on Aboriginal people and criminal justice in Canada |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Other formats | Paper-[English] |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Par-delà les divisions culturelles : un rapport sur les autochtones et la justice pénale au Canada. Imperfect: p. 86 is out of order in this digitized edition. Historical publication digitized by the Privy Council Office of Canada. Co-Chairs: René Dussault and Georges Erasmus. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Aboriginal concepts of law and justice - the historical realities -- 2. Current realities -- 3. Current aboriginal justice initiatives -- 4. Creating conceptual and constitutional space for aboriginal justice systems -- 5. Reforming the existing justice system -- 6. Summary of major findings, conclusions and recommendations. Issued also in print format. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, c1996. |
| Author / Contributor | Dussault, René,1939- Erasmus, Georges. |
| Description | xii, 315 p. : ill. |
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| Subject terms | Commissions of inquiry Aboriginal peoples Criminal justice |
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