Gladue Courts: Navigating Contradictory Orientations to Rehabilitate and Punish

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dc.contributor.advisorLawrence, Bonita
dc.creatorCifelli, Michael Paul
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T14:58:53Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T14:58:53Z
dc.date.copyright2014-08-18
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T14:58:53Z
dc.degree.disciplineSociology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis research thesis details a year-long observation and analysis of Gladue (Aboriginal-specific) courts in Toronto from April 2013 – July 2014. The primary focus of this project is the way Gladue courts reconcile and interpret contradictory demands to both rehabilitate and incarcerate Aboriginal peoples in light of legislative and judicial requirements. Utilizing a discourse analysis methodology for observations and transcripts, this thesis sought to analyze how rehabilitation and punishment is conceptualized and implemented in Gladue courts given recent legislative changes. The overall effect is that neo-liberal and paternalist principles are chosen and applied depending on the individual circumstances of the case, with new punitive policies left for the most egregious offenders. This application underlines a law and order policy that is concerned with pragmatic/practical concerns and which leads to a discursive framework that objectifies Aboriginal peoples through racist/colonial conceptions of intrinsic victimization.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28251
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectCriminology
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subject.keywordsAboriginal peoples in the Justice Systemen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSociologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDiscourse Analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal Lawen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Lawen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous Justiceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGladue Courtsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNaturalistic Observationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEthnographyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCritical Discourse Analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDiversionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNew Punitivenessen_US
dc.subject.keywordsModern Penal Rationalityen_US
dc.titleGladue Courts: Navigating Contradictory Orientations to Rehabilitate and Punish
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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