Indigenous Studies 348: Aboriginal Justice in Canada 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:
Activity
Weight
Tutor Marked Assignment 1
25%
Tutor Marked Assignment 2
25%
Tutor Marked Assignment 3
25%
Tutor Marked Assignment 4
25%
Total
100%
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Green, Ross Gordon. Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives. Saskatoon, SK: Purich, 1998. (Print)
Neugebauer, Robynne, ed. Criminal Injustice: Racism in the Criminal Justice System. Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press, 2000. (Print)
Other Materials
The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, and a book of readings.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, October 12, 2017
Updated July 15, 2021, by Student & Academic Services