Canada's
criminal justice system has had a troubled relationship with
Aboriginal People. This discord can be seen in disproportionally
high rates of Aboriginal incarceration and in the limited
recognition given by the conventional justice system to the needs
and values of Aboriginal communities. To compound matters, many
remote Aboriginal communities are served by fly-in circuit
courts, which visit the communities once a month, pronounce
judgement on the cases presented to them, and then leave. Ross
Green looks at the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice
system and the values upon which it is based. He then contrasts
those values with Aboriginal concepts of justice. Against this
backdrop, he introduces sentencing and mediation initiatives
currently being developed in Aboriginal communities, including
sentencing circles, elder and community sentencing panels,
sentence advisory committees, and community mediation projects.
At the heart of the book are case studies of northern
communities, which Green uses to analyse the successes of and
challenges to the innovative approaches to sentencing currently
evolving in Aboriginal communities across Canada.
This book was nominated for the 1998
Saskatchewan Book Awards prize in the First Book category. What
have the critcs said?
"Green's
analysis is as stimulating as it is encouraging."
Russ Imarigeon (in the
ICCA Journal, 1998)
"...
his book is a useful and accessible resource on a problem in
the justice system that will only get worse if it is not
addressed."
Verne Clemence (for the
Saskatoon Star Phoenix, September 12, 1998)
"I
highly recommend Justice in Aboriginal
Communities: Sentencing Alternatives to
anyone who wishes to familiarize themselves with the
development of First Nations alternative sentencing
initiatives."
Jerry Wetzel, B.A.
(Hons), LL.B., LL.M. (for the Canadian
Association of Provincial Court Judges' Journal,
Fall 1998)
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