Exam 14: Aboriginal Offenders Psychology of Criminal Behaviour

A criticism of the theory that Aboriginal overrepresentation is due to a culture clash between Aboriginal and Western concepts of justice is that most Aboriginal offenders hold a Western view of justice.

In Search of Your Warrior (ISOYW) may be effective in that recidivism patterns indicate that those who complete the program much less likely to:

Research on the Custody Rating Scale conducted on Aboriginal offenders has revealed the following:

Bill C-41,section 718.2(e),introduced by Parliament in 1996,has changed:

Aboriginal-specific risk assessment tools are specifically designed to guide management of an offender and are not designed to assess recidivism risk.

Because incorporating culture into treatment makes intuitive sense,research on efficacy of culturally-based programming for Aboriginal offenders is unnecessary.

The case of R v.Gladue (1999) was important because:

Discuss the magnitude of the problem of Aboriginal overrepresentation in the criminal justice system.

Wilson and Gutierrez (2014) found that when examining recidivism among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders using the Level of Service Inventory (LSI):

The significance of Ewert v.Canada (2015) is that it established all risk assessment tools as "culture-neutral" and therefore accurate in predicting recidivism of Aboriginal offenders.

One of the cultural aspects that differs in Aboriginal concepts of justice compared to that of western perspectives is that:

Discuss the possible role of fetal alcohol syndrome in Aboriginal offending.

Aboriginal Treatment programs

One of the solutions to overcoming the problem of overclassification of Aboriginal people using the Custody Rating Scale (CRS) has been to:

Bill C-41 has emphasized the consideration of alternative sentencing options.However,one development that may work in opposition to the reforms that followed Bill C-41 is:

As a result of colonization policies,there

The Corrections and Conditional Release Act (1992) contains policies that ensure Aboriginal offenders are able to receive treatment that is culturally appropriate.

Aboriginal offenders are rated as being "higher need" than non-Aboriginal across the entire range of domains.

Describe the Y?kw't?l and explain how it differs from other types of risk assessment instruments.

Describe the foundation,structure,and efficacy of the In Search of Your Warrior (ISOYW) program.