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list price: $31.00
edition:Paperback
category: Social Science
published: May 2003
ISBN:9781895830217
publisher:
UBC Press
imprint:
Purich Publishing
Description
In his analysis of justice issues facing urban Aboriginals, Proulx pays particular attention to the situation of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and how the current justice system has failed them. He looks at alternatives to the current system, examining in detail the Community Council Project (CCP), an Aboriginal-run diversion program in Toronto. The analysis of the CCP shows how culturally appropriate alternative justice mechanisms can provide justice for those not served by the current system. Among other issues addressed in the book are: crime causation; Indigenous justice knowledge and practice; healing; changes in tradition and culture; and personal and community ownership and empowerment.
Contributor Notes
Dr. Craig Proulx is a Métis person who holds a doctorate in anthropology from McMaster University. He specializes in Aboriginal justice issues, and has coordinated an alternative justice program in the eight Métis settlements in northern Alberta. He teaches in the Department of Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB.
