Individual and community predictors of arrests in Canada

Evidence of over-policing of Indigenous peoples and communities

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ID12760118
AuthorsAmy M Alberton (0000-0002-4746-0704, Wichita State University, corresponding author), Kevin M Gorey (0000-0003-1870-6549, University of Windsor), Naomi Williams (0000-0001-5963-2748, University of Windsor)
Year2023
Pages1-13
Publication date2023-05-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1531-3204 • E-ISSN: 1531-3212
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15313204.2023.2211785
OpenAlexW4376958467
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited38

This survey of a national Canadian sample examines the associations between individual- and community-level factors with arrest by police. Indigenous Peoples were more than twice as likely to have been arrested than White people. Indigenous Peoples living in Indigenous enclaves were nearly five times as likely to be arrested than White people in similar communities. And Indigenous females who lived in Indigenous enclaves were nearly 20 times more likely to be arrested than otherwise similar, White females. Indigenous males in these communities were also disadvantaged relative to their White counterparts. These findings strongly suggest that over-policing contributes to the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples across the Canadian criminal legal system

Criminology · Disadvantaged · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · White (mutation · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Ecology

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