Crime and deviance in heterogeneous societies: the impact of the imposition of western norms on the aboriginal peoples of Canada and Zimbabwe

• Author / Creator

  Cant, Charles Stewart

• Explains aboriginal criminality through the application of general criminogenesis theories, and compares both societies' definitions and responses to deviation. Examines proposals for legal system reform.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Delinquency
  • Acculturation of Native Peoples
  • Administration of Native Peoples
  • Indians of North America--Canada--Crime
  • Criminal anthropology
  • Administration of Minority Groups
  • Criminal Law
  • Law, Criminal
  • Criminology
  • Crime
  • Social Problems, Juvenile Delinquency
  • Assimilation (Sociology)

• Graduation date

  1980

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Laws

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3K64B39J

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.