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This 8 page report discusses the various aspects
associated with the “sociology of crime” as it exists in terms of
Canada’s indigenous peoples. The paper addresses the ways in
which Satzewich and Wotherspoon consider the many ways in which
the social dynamics of Canada that have been defined by virtue of
racial and class distinctions have shaped the lives of
generations of indigenous Canadians. Bibliography lists 7
sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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been defined by virtue of racial and class distinctions have shaped the lives of generations of indigenous Canadians. Bibliography lists 7 sources. BWcancrm.rtf
Sociology of Crime Against and By People of the First Nations of Canada By: C.B. Rodgers - January 2002 -- for more
information on using this paper properly! Introduction Crime in Canada, as anywhere else in the world, is the result of a complex interaction of social, economic, and political
factors. And yet, according to Canadas national statistics agency, Statistics Canada (2000), 91 percent of Canadians are satisfied with their level of personal safety, even though one in four reported
having been the victim of a crime (Internet source). Nonetheless, there is still a widespread fear that modern society is one that is permeated with "high crime." In the
past several decades, that fearfulness has led to an urgent search for solutions and possible means of crime prevention. One must then consider the overall concept of risk in a
context which serves as the tangible means by which the threat to social order can be identified, measured and acted upon. Both criminologists and sociologists have been actively involved in
determining which factors contribute to such risk, how they may be understood, and how it may be possible to "target" what are thought of as high-risk sectors of the population
such as urban teenagers living in poverty. Stephen Hester and Peter Eglin offer a means through which crime may be viewed as an amalgamation of sociological issues that are related
to social order and the very existence of society. Their "A Sociology of Crime" (1993) offers a trio of sociological points of view regarding crime -- "symbolic interactionism," "ethnomethodology,"
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