Indigenous Studies (INST) 348

Overview

Indigenous Studies 348: Aboriginal Justice discusses the impact of the Canadian criminal justice system on Aboriginal people and communities, and the efforts Aboriginal people are making to regain control over the administration of justice.  It has long been recognized that Aboriginal people make up a disproportionately large segment of the prison population in Canada.  In this course, we discuss the reasons for this “over – representation,” and some of the strategies Aboriginal nations and communities are developing to address it.

Outline

Unit 1: Aboriginal Peoples’ Over- representation in the Criminal Justice System

Unit 2: Canadian Justice

Unit 3: Aboriginal People and the Police

Unit 4: Gendered Differences

Unit 5: Racism and the Criminal Justice System

Unit 6: The Sentencing of Aboriginal People

Unit 7: Sentencing Alternatives

Unit 8: Improving the Canadian Criminal Justice System

Unit 9: Justice as Self-determination

Evaluation

Your final grade in INST 348 is based on the grades you achieve on four tutor-marked assignments. To receive credit for INST 348, you must achieve a minimum overall course grade of “D” (50 percent). The weighting of assignments is as follows:

Tutor Marked Assignment 1	Tutor Marked Assignment 2	Tutor Marked Assignment 3	Tutor Marked Assignment 4	Total
25%	25%	25%	25%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.