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When the Criminal Justice System was designed the intention was for it to be designed around British law, taking in no account of the Aboriginal law already established within the Aboriginal communities. ... 19) While, the British law¡¯s primary focus is to punish the guilty, the Aboriginal law focuses on healing the offender. ... Aboriginal people have a history of cultural, social, and economic factors that are not being addressed by the Criminal Justice System. If the Criminal Justice System continues to ignore these issues then they will fail to be effective when dealing with Aboriginal communities, because recidivism rate will continue to be at high levels.
There are cultural factors that Aboriginal communities have tried to avoid addressing for years. ... It seems that it wasn¡¯t too long ago that Aboriginal youths were forced to attend these schools under the watch of priests and nuns. ... This abuse that was inflicted upon Aboriginal youths was spread from generation to generation. ... Often they were strapped for talking their language, or playing traditional games, this left the Aboriginal youths to feel that their culture was bad and they would often reject their own culture, trying to take on the culture of their instructors. ... Many, non- Aboriginal react with the same opinion as Rupert Ross who says, ¡° what should surprise us is not the degree to which [Aboriginals] behavior still reflect traditional ways of thinking but how well the have adapted with virtually no help from us. ... Although it may appear that the Aboriginal people are adapting to a culture that was forced into their lives, they face a daily struggle to proceed with this adaptation.
Approximate Word count = 1353
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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