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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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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Privy Council Office.
  • Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
TitleBridging 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 typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Other formatsPhysical text-[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.
Descriptionxii, 315 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • Z1-1991/1-41-8E-PDF
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