Chapter 11: Crime, Deviance, the Law and Institutional Racism

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Canadian notions of crime and law are informed by

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Eurocentric principles

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when indigenous ppl practice their inherent traits to _____ and _____, they can be criminalized under Canadian law

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fish and hunt

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action or behaviours that violate the social norms or an institutional code of conduct

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deviance

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racism that is inherent in the practices of social and political institutions

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institutional racism

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institutional racism is reflected in the __________ of indigenous ppl and a __________ in the criminal justice system

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• high incarceration rate

- lack of indigenous employees

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institutional racism is hard to eliminate bcuz there is ________

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no particular perpetrator

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racism maintains the existing _______ in society

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power relations

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functions to exploit the indigenous world

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settler colonization

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where ppl go to land that is new to them, taking land and settling while violently displacing original inhabitants

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settler colonization

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the difference between racial prejudice and institutional racism is

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power

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prejudice or discrimination based on an individual’s race or ethnicity

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racial prejudice

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institutional racism is most fundamentally about

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power relations

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is required turn prejudice into institutional racism

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a power base

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Indigenous ppl and minorities have ability to be prejudiced but they lack a ______ to turn it into institutional racism

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power base

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sociologists view _______ as the result of dominant group of views on others

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prejudiced attitudes

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socially excludes indigenous communities from participating as equals in a western society

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institutional racism

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the concepts of crime, deviance, and the law that have been used to dominate the colonized are now accepted by many as

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colonial tools

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strategies, techniques and or discourses used by the colonizers to marginalize indigenous communities

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colonial tools

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something to is regarded and punished as a crime within a justice system operated by the state

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state-sanctioned crime

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banned potlach ceremonies, the rain dance and Sundance ceremonies

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the Indian Act

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colonists saw sharing of wealth and food at potlaches as

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wasteful

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making indigenous celebrations criminal helped in

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assimilation efforts

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Indigenous ppl are most likely to be ________ for the same crimes and less likely to be ________

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incarcerated

granted parole

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can be traced to residential schools effects, poverty, addictions, racialized policing and systemic discrimination

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overincarceration

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required first nations ppl to obtain a permit to sell goods

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permit system

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required first nations ppl to obtain a pass from the Indian Agent in order to leave reserves

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pass system

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contributed to widespread mistrust between police and indigenous

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pass and permit systems

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some say that the over representation in the criminal justice system is directly linked to the

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residential schools

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altered the way indigenous ppl saw themselves and the world

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residential schools

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a model that holds an individual accountable for their criminal and deviant actions, considers them harmful to society, and enforces criminal sanctions to remove them from society

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western justice

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defines racialization as a procedure

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Linden

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a process where categories of the population are constructed, differentiated, inferiorized and excluded

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racialization

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is much different than a western colonial interpretation of indigenous ppl’s social, political, and cultural ways of life

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indigenous deviance

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is the process which led to the discrimination rise of indigenous people’s incarceration, the underdevelopment of indigenous communities and under representation of indigenous employees in criminal justice systems, schools, and universities

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colonialism

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is considered a crime in western world but not in the indigenous world

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land defense

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indigenous ppl have been systemically _______ from their traditional laws and justice systems

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alienated

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the concept of indigenous deviance is defined by the

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western colonizer

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can be considered an area of social construction designed to justify colonial dominance and rupture of lives of the indigenous ppl

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indigenous deviance

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helped promote western perceptions of indigenous ppl as deviant

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underdevelopment of indigenous communities

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an array of social constructions designed to justify colonial dominance and ruptured lives of indigenous ppls

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indigenous deviance

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indigenous ppl have no __________ cuz it was suppressed for so long thru colonization

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traditional justice system

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including the victim, offender and community in a justice process that focused on healing and repairing harm

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healing circles

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indigenous ways of justice were suppressed by colonization bcuz they emphasized __________ rather than __________

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• community-based healing

- punishment

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this type of justice system provides culturally appropriate methods to deal with crime

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healing circles`

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one way the courts seek to include indigenous communities in the justice process is thru

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sentencing circles

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it was illegal for first nations ppl to go court to sue the gov of Canada without previous permission from the

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government

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what type of ideology does western justice have

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punitive ideology

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western justice systems are based on

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punishment

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in western justice systems, _______ is relied upon as a response to crime

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incarceration

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aboriginal laws are more about _______ for every process in an ecosystem than about power over them

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respect

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is the law of speaking softly, walking humbly, and acting compassionately

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aboriginal law

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research study emerged out of recognition that the Swampy Cree Elders whole traditional knowledge garnered from

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experience in life

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the four directions philosophy component of our being

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mental
spiritual
emotional
physical

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teaches us that each of the 4 realms of our being must be developed equally

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the four directions philosophy

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elders emphasized open-mindedness, the ability to have nonjudgmental community involvement, accountability, reparation, reconciliation, and restoration

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mental realm

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based on getting to the bottom of the problem (why is a person like this, why do they do this?)

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mental realm

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a form of deterrence so that community members conduct themselves in ways that are acceptable by the community

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ostracism

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according to Swampy Cree elders, _________ is a way of healing, rather than a form of punishment

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banishment

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the need for offenders to take responsibility for their actions

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physical realm

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in the physical realm, the offenders have to seek their own

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solutions

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in the physical realm, healing and justice has to emerge from the ______, no one can ________ someone to heal

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wrongdoer

force